Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
EXERCISE
1. Encircle the letter in the second row that is found in the
first row.
o
o e
2. Copy the following five times.
o _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Secondary symbol for the vowel o is e--. The secondary
symbol for the vowel o consists of two parts and the consonant
letter is placed in the middle. Recollect the secondary symbol for
the vowel e that is, e and the secondary symbol for the vowel
that is . These together serve as secondary symbol for the
vowel o (see Appendix I & II for hand-movements). Also look at
the Chart III for secondary symbol for o used in old Tamil for the
consonants, R, n, and N.
Look at the following and see how the secondary symbol for o is added
to the consonants.
d + o = e
p + o = e
m + o = e
y + o = e
z + o = e
r + o = e
+ o = e
k + o = e
+ o = e
n + o = ena
+ o = e
nj + o = e
v + o = e
l + o = e
R + o = e
L + o = e
n + o = e