ciriramadas, no, Tamil alphabet represents far too many phonemes in day to day use, than Grantha can hadle.
Tamil alphabet is a scientifically deviced system. any notations must be scientifically structureed, not random, i know that sound give it a symbol. and it should not be new alphabet that is unscientific random and causes caose in a regulated structure --- On Tue, 30/11/10, "ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்" <[email protected]> wrote: From: "ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்" <[email protected]> Subject: [indic] Re: Revisit Tamil sRi definition in Unicode. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 30 November, 2010, 18:50 On 11/28/2010 03:19 AM, Sinnathurai Srivas wrote: > 1/ Tamil alphabet does not represent sounds, but places of articulation. > Other alphabet represents sounds, directly. you mean the other indic alphabets? having observed all these for quite some time, these are two ways of providing solution to a common problem. use place of articulation as you have been maintaining, remember the rule and pronounce or be a native tamil person. keep it simple. represent it with another alphabet. it definitely needs little effort in my opinion than to remember the places articulation or become a habitual tamil user. this is what other languages around do, in my opinion. it may be right to say Tamil's method is scientific but to call others are not is stupid.
