آزاد دائرۃ المعارف، ویکیپیڈیا سے
| حرف صحیحs
|
| IPA |
Tamil |
English approximation
|
| [[|b]]
|
ப[1] |
band
|
| [[|d̪]]
|
த[1] |
similar to "d" in dent, but with the دندانی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ɖ]]
|
ட[1] |
similar to "d" in dot, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|d͡ʑ]]
|
ஜ[2] |
hedge
|
| [[|ð]]
|
த[3] |
other
|
| [[|ɡ]]
|
க[1] |
gate
|
| [[|h]]
|
க[4] |
heat
|
| [[|j]]
|
ய |
yak
|
| [[|k]]
|
க |
skate
|
| [[|l̪]]
|
ல |
similar to "l" in let, but with the دندانی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ɭ]]
|
ள |
similar to "l" in let, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|m]]
|
ம |
much
|
| [[|n̪]]
|
ந |
similar to "n" in net, but with the دندانی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|n]]
|
ன |
not
|
| [[|ɳ]]
|
ண |
similar to "n" in not, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ɲ]]
|
ஞ |
piñata, canyon
|
| [[|ŋ]]
|
ங |
song
|
| [[|p]]
|
ப[5] |
spy
|
| [[|r]]
|
ற |
(when not doubled) trilled r
|
| [[|ɾ̪]]
|
ர |
like American English better or Spanish caro, but with the دندانی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ɽ]]
|
ட |
like American English better or Spanish caro, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ɻ]]
|
ழ |
like "r" in rotten, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|s]]
|
ச[6] |
like "s" in sum
|
| [[|t̪]]
|
த[7] |
like "t" in stable, but with the دندانی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|ʈ]]
|
ட |
like "t" in stable, but with the ہم مخرجی حروف صحیح
|
| [[|tʃ]]
|
ச |
catch
|
| [[|ʋ]]
|
வ |
between w and v; Dutch wang
|
| [[|x]]
|
ஃ |
guttural "ch", as in Scottish loch or German Bach
|
|
| مصوتs
|
| IPA |
Tamil |
English approximation
|
| [[|aː]]
|
ஆ |
bra
|
| [[|a]]
|
அ |
nut
|
| [[|eː]]
|
ஏ |
Yale
|
| [[|e]]
|
எ |
yell
|
| aɪ̯
|
ஐ |
kite
|
| aʊ̯
|
ஔ |
somewhat like house
|
| [[|iː]]
|
ஈ |
feet
|
| [[|i]]
|
இ |
dill
|
| [[|oː]]
|
ஓ |
old
|
| [[|o]]
|
ஒ |
law
|
| [[|uː]]
|
ஊ |
loot
|
| [[|u]]
|
உ |
look
|
| [[|ɯ]]
|
உ |
good
|
| ̃
|
-ம, -ன |
nasal vowel
([ãː], [õː], etc.)
|
|
- ^ ا ب پ ت Only when preceded by a nasal consonant or when not preceded by a stop consonant. Never word-initial.
- ↑ This letter does not belong to Tamil script, but is widely accepted as an ad-hoc from Grantha script ( See Usage of other lingual consonants in Tamil script). This sound may be replaced by ச (as in s) in pure Tamil, which is not an accurate phonetic representation.
- ↑ Only when preceded by a nasal consonant or not preceded by a stop consonant
- ↑ (only as an intervocalic in colloquial speech;not when it appears as the first letter of a word,
- ↑ As a first letter of a word or preceded by stop consonants
- ↑ As intervocalic and not preceded by stop consonant or permitted soft consonant
- ↑ As a first letter of a word or when preceded by stop consonants
