ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
MALAYALIM LANGUAGE. 9
Initial. | Medial or Final. |
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എ is an improper dipthong, taking the sound of e and ey in end and they; though commonly pronounced y. It is compounded of അ and ഇ; thus തഥെതി from തഥ and ഇതി; തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തു from തിരഞ്ഞ and എടുത്തു. | ||
ഐ, | ൈ—, | These marks, called double pulli, when united to other letters are prefixed to the consonants; as പൈതൽ Boy, തൈലം Ointment. ഐ is a compound of അ and എ; as തത്രൈ |
ഒ, | െ—ാ, | The language, with respect to this letter, is also defective in having but one character to express the short and long o. Perhaps the following marks would be found as convenient as any to mark the distinction; for the initial and medial short o ഒ & െ—ാ, as in the table: for the long initial ഓ, which is used by some few writers, for the long medial and final േ—ാ: thus short initial and medial, ഒട്ടകം Camel: കൊമ്പ Branch. Long initial and medial, ഓക Drain : കോപം Wrath. ഒ is a compound of അ and ഉ; as പരൊപ |
ഔ, | െ—ൗ, | This medial is placed right and left of the con- sonant; thus കൌ, as കൌശലം craft, യൌവനം youth. ഔ is a compound of അ and ഒ; thus തവൌ |
ers; if something to answer the same purpose could be introduced into
the present Alphabet. To adopt the old Malayalim character would
require a change in the consonant to which the medial character must
be annexed; but as this would not be desirable, perhaps the introduction
of the following character േ, used as the medial of long എ in Tamil
would be the least objectionable; thus മെത്ത, ചേതം, For this initial,
I propose this character ഏ: thus എണ്ണ Oil; ഏഷണി Malice, Backbiting.
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