Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 7
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38LESSON 2
SPEAKING THE TAMIL CHARACTERS
Hind&
Sounds like, as in
Hind&
Sounds like, as in
Alphabet
Alphabet
1. The Vowels :
அ
ந
(a)
a
in
particular
(na)
m
(A)
(na)
ஆ
ப
(a@ )
a
in
pa@ p a@
(pa, ba) (pa, ba)
p,
(Aa)
இ
ம
(i)
I
in
pin
(ma)
(})
(ma)
ஈ
ய
(&)
ee
in
peel
(ya)
(}| )
(ya)
உ
ர
(u)
u
in
pull, put
(ra)
(q)
ஊ
ல
(u@ )
oo
in
pool
(la)
(Q)
எ
வ
(e)
e
in
pen
(])
ஏ
ழ
(e@ )
ay
in
pay
(]â )
ஐ
(ai)
i, ai
in
Spine, Saigaon
(]e )
ஒ
(o)
o
in
pole
(Aae )
ஓ
(o@ )
o, au
in
pore, pause
Aae ~
(
)
ஔ
(au)
ow
in
powder
(AaE )
:
2. The Consonants
க
(ka)
k
in
(k)
ங
(n[ g a)
n[ g
i
(G)
ச
(cha)
ch
(ca)
ஞ
(n~ y a)
n
(Øa)
ட
(t< a , da< ) ) (@, D)
Like Sanskrit, the Tamil characters
ண
(n< a )
க, ச, ட, த, ப k, ca, @, ta, pa
(Na)
த
.
(ta, da)
are considered Hard Consonants
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