Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
F R A M E 16
u
u
The sound (u) is produced with close lip rounding. The back of the tongue is
raised as high as possible towards the soft palate but not to the extent of
causing any constriction. The sides of the tongue are in contact with the teeth
and the tip of the tongue is somewhat retracted from the lower part of the
teeth. The vocal cords vibrated. The soft palate is raised. This is a high,
back, rounded, short vowel. It occurs in words initially and medially.
The letter u represents the sound.
In spoken Tamil this sound is pronounced with spread lips in the
middle and final positions other than in the initial syllable. This is
high back un-rounded short vowel. Look at the vowel and write
three times (see Appendix I for hand-movements).
u ______ ______ _______ u
Read the following words.
un
um
u
u
uN
uavan
uram
uai
umi
umai
EXERCISE
1. Encircle the letters in the second row that is found in the first row.
u
u u