Thank you both!
Yes an alternative spelling of long vowels, such as அ+ா instead of ஆ would be an example. Other situations I could envision why that would happen could be to express even-longer-than-long vowels, like ஆ+ா, or alternative spellings of diphthongs or diphthongs that do not exist Tamil. I have not seen these myself but wanted to check with others. In fact I am interested in any cases where the initial vowel would take any mark - how about pulli on vowels? I am imagining not everyone is adhering to the Tolkāppiyam rules, be it either modern usage, transliteration of other languages, or manipravalam texts. Best regards, Jan From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> On Behalf Of a.murugaiyan Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Tamil initial vowels with vowel signs Dear Jan, Do you mean அ+ா instead of ஆ at the initial position? Best regards. A. Murugaiyan Le 19/05/2022 à 12:22, Jan Kučera a écrit : Dear all, has anyone come across a Tamil orthography where a vowel sign would be attached to an initial vowel, presumably most likely it would be A or AA, e.g. ஆா? Thank you and best regards, Jan _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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