Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
F R A M E 17
uu
(uu): This is a long counter part of the short vowel u (u). In its production the
manner of articulation and point of articulation are same as that of short except
for the length of duration. It is a high, back, rounded, long vowel. It occurs
initially, medially, and finally. This long vowel is represented by .
The letter, is combination of two letters that are familiar to you (Frames 16
and 12). It is written in the following manner.
(i) First u is written.
(ii) Then is written over u and that looks like: .
Write five times the letter (see Appendix I for hand-movements).
_______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Read the following words.
r
χ
l
r
d
km
uur
uusi
uudal
uurdi
uui
uukkam