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.

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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.

See you soon.