In the Tamil Alphabet, there is a total of 216 consonant-vowel letters. These consonant-vowels are created by combining each of the consonants with a vowel. உயிர்மெய் அழத்துக்கள் is the Tamil way of writing consonant-vowel letters.
Some Key Pointer
- all consonants, when combined with with a vowel, lose the dot placed at the top
- the consonant-vowels that are combined அ, ஆ, இ, ஈ, எ, ஏ, ஐ, ஒ, ஓ, and ஔ share the same characteristics
- Eg. For all consonants combined with the vowel, ஐ, the consonant-vowel letter begins with a ை(ignore the dotted circle, it’s where the consonant is supposed to go).
- I did not mention உ and ஊ because not all the consonant share the same characteristics when combined with these two vowels.
Here is an example of what one consonant would look like when combined with each vowel:
க்+அ=க
க்+ஆ=கா
க்+இ=கி
க்+ஈகீ
க்+எ=கெ
க்+ஏ=கே
க்+ஐ=கை
க்+ஒ=கொ
க்+ஓ=கோ
க்+ஔ=கௌ
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