| 1.20.2 Consonants |
| 1.20.2.1. |
/m/, /l/ |
Φ |
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Tamil |
Urali |
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visam |
visa |
`poison’ |
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maram |
mara |
`tree’ |
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vivaram |
vivara |
`details’ |
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viro:dam |
viro:da |
`enimity’ |
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pa am |
paa |
`money’ |
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rambam |
ramba |
`file’ (N) |
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viral |
vira |
`finger’ |
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| 1.20.2.2. |
addition of /m/, /j/ in the word initial position |
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a a ko: i |
maa:koyi |
`broodinghen’ |
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uRi |
juRi |
`sack’ |
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| 1.20.2.3 |
//, /v/ |
/y/ |
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ko:i |
ko:yi |
`fowl’ |
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ka:vi |
ka:yi |
`saffron’ |
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| 1.20.2.4 |
// |
/ / |
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puudi |
püudi |
`dust’ |
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kiangu |
kaungu |
`tuber’ |
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| 1.20.2.5 |
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Φ |
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| Both in Urali and in Tamil, the loss of final // in the words like ava, iva etc., is noticed. The loss of final nasal /n/ in the words like avan, ivan is experienced in the colloquial Tamil resulting in nasalisation. But in the case of Urali, though the loss of final nasal /n/ is noticed, instead of nasalisation, the final vowel gets centralised. |
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