CONSONANTAL VOWELS - EIGTH SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - EIGTH SET

(Page 47 - 50 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the eigth vowel ‘ஏ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the seventh set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the fourth vowel ‘ஏ’, a new symbol

is added to the left of each of the first set of consonantal vowels. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘ஏ’ (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation). These sounds are rare and hence their usage is highly limited.

 

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the eigth set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SEVENTH SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SEVENTH SET

(Page 43 - 46 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the seventh vowel ‘எ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the seventh set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the fourth vowel ‘எ’, a new symbol

is added to the left of each of the first set of consonantal vowels. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘எ’ sound listen to the audio for proper pronunciation). These sounds are rare and hence their usage is highly limited.

 

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the fourth set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SIXTH SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SIXTH SET

(Page 39 - 42 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the sixth vowel ‘ஊ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the tables gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the sixth set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the fifth vowel ‘ஊ’, no regular pattern is followed. Each letter is formed in a different style and the reader has to pay more attention while learning these consonantal vowels. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘ஊ’ sound like ‘kuu’, inguu, suu, gnuu, nuu (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on.



You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the sixth set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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CONSONANTAL VOWELS - FIFTH SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - FIFTH SET

(Page 35 - 38 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the fifth vowel ‘உ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the second table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the fifth set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the fifth vowel ‘உ’, there is no regular pattern followed. Each letter is formed in a different style and the reader has to pay more attention while learning these consonantal vowels. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘உ’ sound like ‘ku’, ingu, su, gnu, nu (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on.

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the fifth set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

See you soon.

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - FOURTH SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - FOURTH SET

(Page 31 - 34 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the fourth vowel ‘ஈ’’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the second table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the fourth set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the fourth vowel ‘ஈ’, a new symbol

is added to each of the first set of consonantal vowels. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘ஈ’ sound like ‘kii’, ingii, sii, gnii, nii (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on. These sounds are rare and hence their usage is highly limited.

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the fourth set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

See you soon.

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - THIRD SET

CONSONANTAL VOWELS - THIRD SET

(Page 31 - 34 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the third vowel ‘இ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the second table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the third set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the third vowel ‘இ’, a new symbol  

is added to each of the first set of consonantal vowels. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘இ’ sound like ‘ki’, ingi, si, gni, ni (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on.

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

This completes the formation of the third set of consonantal vowels.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SECOND SET

 CONSONANTAL VOWELS - SECOND SET

(Page 27 - 30 of the ebook)

The following table demonstrates how the second vowel ‘ஆ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in the second table gives the Japanese meaning for the words.

When forming the second set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the second vowel ‘ஆ’, a new symbol   

is added to each of the first set of consonantal vowels. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘ஆ’ sound like ‘kaa’, ingaa, saa, gnaa, naa (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on.

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

 

This completes the formation of second set of consonantal vowels.

Any corrections and suggestions are welcome.

Please post your cmments.

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CONSONANTAL VOWELS - FIRST SET

உயிர் மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் (soul - body letters)
(CONSONANTAL VOWELS)
(Page 16 - 22 of the ebook)

In the earlier posts we learnt that in Tamil there are 12 vowels and 18 consonants. Each consonant joins with each vowels i.e the eighteen consonants join with each of the twelve vowels to give 216 consonantal vowels.

These letters are written without the dot on its top.

  Vowels               :               12

  Consonants           :               18

  Consonantal vowels   :   12 X 18 :   216 characters.

Consonantal vowels will be introduced slowly along with some example words which will help you in pronouncing the words and also to increase your vocabulary.       

CONSONANTAL VOWELS FORMATION:

FIRST SET:

Now let us see how the first set of consonantal vowels are formed.

The following table demonstrates how the first vowel ‘அ’ combines with each of the 18 consonants to form consonantal vowels. The last column in both the tables is the equivalent sounds in Japanese language.

When forming the first set of consonantal vowels i.e. when each consonant combine with the first vowel ‘அ’, the dot on the consonants are removed. There are no other changes. All the consonantal vowels so formed ends with ‘அ’ sound like ‘ka’, inga, sa, gna, na (listen to the audio for proper pronunciation) and so on.

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the scripts to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work but the same will work in the ebook provided for download.

** Letters like ங and ஞ are rare letters are hence example words are not given for them.

It may please be noted that there are few letters which almost carry the same sound with slight difference. They are (ண, ன), (ல, ள), (ர, ற), (ந, ன). The chart below will shows the tongue position for these letters and practice will make you perfect.  

This completes the first set of consonantal vowels. 

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CONSONANTS

மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் (body letters)
(Consonants)

 (Page 12 -13 of the ebook)

There are 18 consonants in Tamil. All the consonants have a dot on its top.

Consonants are classified into:

1. வல்லினம்” (Vallinam) - க், ச், ட், த், ப், ற். (hard consonants)

2. மெல்லினம்” (Mellinum) - ங், ஞ், ண், ந், ம், ன். (soft consonants - nasal consonants)

3. இடையினம்” (Idaiyinum) - ய், ர், ல், வ், ழ், ள். (medium consonants)

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the script to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work and it will work in the ebook provided.