Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan
Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan
Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan
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<strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Script</strong>/<strong>Sankaran</strong> Radhakrishnan<br />
do not vibrate. The soft palate is raised. This sound may be described as a<br />
voiceless alveolar fricative. It occurs initially and medially. Medially it<br />
occurs as a single consonant (pure consonant with a dot- S) between two<br />
vowels and as the second member of a consonant cluster.<br />
Observe the hand movements and copy three times<br />
(see Appendix I for hand-movements).<br />
_____ _____ _____<br />
<br />
j (j): The movements of the speech organs are the same as<br />
those for (c) except for the vibration in the vocal cords<br />
during its production. This is described as a voiced palatal.<br />
This sound occurs in the word initial positions, medially as a<br />
pure consonant between vowels, as the second member of a<br />
consonant cluster and an identical consonant cluster.<br />
Observe the hand movements and copy three times<br />
(see Appendix I for hand-movements).<br />
_____ _____ _____<br />
<br />
(sh): This sound is produced when the tip of the tongue<br />
is curved slightly towards the hard palate. But this curving<br />
does make a complete closure. The air stream passes<br />
through the narrow passage between the hard palate and the<br />
tip of the tongue. The vocal cords do not vibrate. The soft<br />
palate is raised. This sound is voiceless retroflex fricative.<br />
It occurs medially as a pure consonant between vowels and<br />
as the first member of a consonant cluster.<br />
Observe the hand movements and copy three times<br />
(see Appendix I for hand-movements).