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.

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