Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
F R A M E 15
oo
o
au
The case of the long vowel, (oo) , the movements of the speech organs are
about the same as those for its corresponding short vowel (o) o except for the
length of duration. This sound is described as mid back, rounded long vowel. It
occurs in all the positions in a word.
The sound, (au) is represented by the letter o. This sound occurs in the word
initial, medial, and final positions. This is considered as a long vowel. Like
other vowels, o is used as it is in the word initial position and elsewhere the
presents of this vowel is represented by the secondary symbol.
Copy the letter three times (see Appendix I for hand-movements).
_____ _____ _____
Read the following words.
r
m
nay
Compare the letter with the letter for (au) (see Appendix I for
hand-movements).
Write the letters three times each. Your letters should be similar
to the one given at the extreme right.
_____ ______ ______
o _____ ______ ______ o