| vii) The locative case in Urali is marked with five suffixes, namely, -i, -li, -ekke, -ili and -kke. In that, the occurrence of the suffix -kke and its usage is a peculiar feature pertaining to Urali. This is also a locative suffix which always freely varies with all the nouns except the personal pronouns. When -kke is added to the nouns it gives the `possessive’ notion if the predicate of the sentence has no action verb, and the meaning `toward’ is conveyed if the predicate of the sentence is an action verb (3.8.7.5). |
| viii) Genitive case is represented by the markers -a and -ttu both in Urali and in Irula. Like Tamil, the genitive case suffix -ttu is an optional category in Urali while it is an obligatory phenomenon in Irula. |
| Urali |
|
| künjättu ku:re } |
|
|
}`kunja’s house’ |
| künjä ku:re } |
|
| Irula |
|
| marattu pammu |
`tree’s fruit’ |
| ku:rettu co:ru |
`house’s meals’ |
|
| 1.20.6. Comparative Tables |
| Following tables show the comparative sketch of both phonological and morphological features of Urali, Irual, Literal Tamil, Spoken Tamil (Coimbatore Tamil Dialect) and Kannada. |
| Phonological Level |
Table 1 |
(Vowels) |
|
| Vowel phonemes |
Urali |
Irula |
Literal Tamil |
Spoken tamil |
Kannada |
| i |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| i: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ï |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| ï: |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| e |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| e: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ë: |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| a |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| a: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ä: |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| o |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| o: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ö |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| ö: |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| u |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| u: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ü |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
| ü: |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
|
