/12, N. Ganesan
naa.gane...@gmail.commailto:naa.gane...@gmail.com wrote:
From: N. Ganesan naa.gane...@gmail.commailto:naa.gane...@gmail.com
Subject: [indic] Tamil Anusvara (U+0B82) glyph shape [ Re: Dot position in
Gurmukhi character U+0A33]
To: Pavanaja U B
pavan...@vishvakannada.commailto:pavan
On 9 Feb 2012, at 11:34, Sinnathurai Srivas wrote:
To my knowledge, in day to day usage Tamil uses far more sounds than any
language in the world.
Nope.
So Tamil uses far more phoneme for any language.
Sorry, but this simply isn't true. For instance Tamil has 10 vowels [iː ɪ eː ɛ
uː ʊ oː
Dear Michael,
It is better if you do do some research before commenting.
you say Tamil has 10 vowels.
No Tamil has 5 basic PoA for generating vowels.
then it has 5 of double matrai (not matra) matrai is to do with
momental-timin!!!
then it has grammar rule to extend vowel timing further, which
On 9 Feb 2012, at 13:49, srivas sinnathurai wrote:
Dear Michael,
It is better if you do do some research before commenting.
you say Tamil has 10 vowels.
No Tamil has 5 basic PoA for generating vowels.
Please learn what a phoneme is.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Michael,
I had this discussion with many of the western theorists.
I'm sure that you are sure what I mean by phoneme and what you apparently
modify its meaning to make some ways.
take it that by phonemes I mean different sounds.
Now can you answer the 5 vowels as PoA in Tamil and numerous
On 9 Feb 2012, at 14:35, Sinnathurai Srivas wrote:
Michael,
I had this discussion with many of the western theorists.
I'm sure that you are sure what I mean by phoneme and what you apparently
modify its meaning to make some ways.
take it that by phonemes I mean different sounds.
The
Phoneme is tied to straight jacketed Alphabet as sound.
So the Western thoughts does not apply to
all sounds generateable represented by Alphabet as poA.
You could still agree to the existence of numerous vowel sounds represented
by structured PoAs.
The linguists are wrong with classical and
2012/2/9 Michael Everson ever...@evertype.com:
On 9 Feb 2012, at 13:49, srivas sinnathurai wrote:
Dear Michael,
It is better if you do do some research before commenting.
you say Tamil has 10 vowels.
No Tamil has 5 basic PoA for generating vowels.
Please learn what a phoneme is.
And not
. Ganesan; Peter Constable
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Subject: Re: [indic] Re: Tamil Anusvara (U+0B82) glyph shape [ Re: Dot position
in Gurmukhi character U+0A33]
Dear All,
There is a misunderstanding about Tamil here.
To my knowledge, in day to day usage Tamil uses far more sounds
Of
Sinnathurai Srivas
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:19 PM
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Subject: [indic] Re: Tamil Anusvara (U+0B82) glyph shape [ Re: Dot position in
Gurmukhi character U
On 2012-02-09, srivas sinnathurai sisri...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
take it that by phonemes I mean different sounds.
Now can you answer the 5 vowels as PoA in Tamil and numerous vowel sounds
in day to day use in Tamil.
clearly different sounds, not allophones massaging, not phoneme massaging.
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