[INDOLOGY] Tamil pronunciation

[Artur Karp]

My thanks to all who devoted their time to answer my (retired
non-dravidist's) question.

Thanks,

Artur Karp

pon., 3 cze 2019 o 09:00 Tieken, H.J.H. <H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl>
napisał(a):

> Dear Artur,
>
> The Tamil script does not have letters for the voiced plosives (and no
> aspirates). For that it uses the corresponding voiceless plosives. After a
> nasal and between vowels k is pronounced  g: aṅku "there" is pronounces
> aṅgu, āku "to become", āgu or āhu. Word-initial k is pronounced k, as in
> kātal "love". So is double kk, as in the infinitive kākka "to protect".
> This phenomenon used to be known by the expression "convertibility of surds
> and sonants".
> The "official" transcription is aṅku, āku, kātal, kākka. There is an
> unofficial transcription used in English language publications. For
> instance, kātali, " a lovely girl", is transcribed as kathali as well as
> kadhali.
> In our youngest son's class in primary school there was a girl from
> Surinam called vasutha, that is, via vasutā, from Skt vasudhā.
>
> Herman
>
>
> Herman Tieken
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> 2515 BP Den Haag
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> *Onderwerp:* [INDOLOGY] Tamil pronunciation
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Tamil இந்திய is transliterated as Intiya. Is it pronounced as In*t*iya -
> or In*d*iya?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Artur Karp (ret.)
>
> Uniwersytet Warszawski
> Polska
>


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