Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
F R A M E 14
o
o
o (o): In its production the lips are rounded with considerable protrusion.
The back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate. This is described
as a mid, back, rounded, short vowel. It occurs initially and medially only.
In Tamil there are separate scripts for short (o) and long (oo). The letter
given above is short one and pronounced as in the English word pollution.
Copy the letter three times (see Appendix I for hand-movements).
o _____ _____ _____
o
Read the following words.
o
opπ
o
o
o
odm
oi
oppi
oi
oli
oi
oaham