3 .1 .2 . ou_lcamnsaos C&QO: smml , W 3 m 0 am? g g 3 m r n - ~ 1 s & m a s

~ m ~ n l n a 3 m l nJa3m maamawjo( A triangular system of two-diamensional

articulatory contracts of heig ,~t and place :Trubtekoy, Introduction to the Principles of

Phonological Discriptions.) c%~sm?mam ~ m l @ & ~ m m j c u ~ o ~ ) m " am032

m~rawnch3m~ ,mcrn" ~ ~ & ~ t m ~ c r u " ~ m ~ ~ ~ l r i ~ ~ ~ m m l a ~ am@gmICoa mraagn~o

a d h m s r l 3 d a f ~ m l d m I m 2 a jmjmCTUma~di ma, s, 8.m p, 4,

a (199665) n m m 5 k m 5 k m ~ . a j ~ ~ ~ e a m ~ s ~ e m n u 5 b 8 @ a m m a q da@rJcrmyldaarna.

'6 ' ,acmd ( @ ) did mlma m ~ m ~ m a 3 6 M n m m ~ d 'a' a m

m j m n l s & ~ 'a ' czljm"gcjm6)cmoi wmuddey m l d m 2 d h a D 2 = a .

mmlm9& 6 . e ( i ? m 2 0 w ~ d ~ p 1 6 m d w e 2 m 2 . ' W ' a m mjm+~se,o

m s 2 m m o m m a 3 r n s 3 d s a a 2 dsmSlax d l d m j m o (Central vowel or centralised

back vowel) m@,&2m2. manrileoj rmo3mo gyml rna~ ~ w j m l r n j o ~ s d i e g o

mlaajmr, u ~ c a m @ g 3 m s (with neutral l ips) p y m l a ~ m m ~ a 3 6 m " . s.3

m j m m l m * mm3rnn3dlda30 maraa26h3m0, m o q @ m 3 & 3 m o a m ?

a d m a & d a " p e m g i & a 3 o d 4 r m 3 6 m 2 @ e ~ s u e m ~ m ~ m ~ o . =mlm@

d l m m m o d 1 a l s c m ~ d a a r n 2 .

3.1.2.3.3. ella a&xe,((ncamrdaf3 (Graphenuc level) ( ' )milma a ~ m ~ d @ w 3 c n m 2 ~ m "

m) d n i d c u j m l d a ~ ~ m r n m m 2 g ~ m a c u 3 d

m " " n 2 r a m o

cn ) ~ m ~ m n m ~ q r n ~ ~ m ~ r n ~ ~ a ~ ~ q c l ~ r n " s r n o a6ama jmYggma3mn

'ma' a d r a 3 m m m l d m ; p n m 3 m 6 m m a 6 ~ m l . s 1 a m ~ O a . =ma

Ld3C3a26l?2 6 S r , ~21363&(a) ~ 3 d 3 2 a 6 2 1 f X a o ~ d 6 ~ ~ 1 6 2 1 ~ a o .

Ldascz l3wmdrna3ax m m p m n m & w a a 3 m a m o s C L n m ~ o Y

rru3noIsruY. m(aY. & '+mm+ml ;~ - &@I

QI) ( " ) a c r n .dldno d l g 2 6 m 2 a d 3 m e ~ m m r m d n > n m ~ m m c d

" c l n m m w y m 3 a m 2 3 w a d 3 m 3 d . an13cu3U7. a d 3 m 3 d

dagJIomo G 6 a d m o m a d o a3Lmo g m m o d l m m m y m s 3 a 5 i

a 3 o l a 3 l c d l a m 0 . . . m , e 3 s a a ~ & m m 3 d (he who will give came) m e ~ s a a c ~ &

cucm13cr8 (She who will give came) ae3saa ; r cd c u m 3 a (they who will give came)

g m m m m m a m c a & ~ m & d ~ ~ g u a 3 a m a a ~ d d d m m w y a 3 d , m q c a a d B a

a ~ o ~ & m ~ m : 3 a a ~ & . "

'~UU?E~LW@LW~W @Pa ~LU)@ ,~~b0O00F6lCG~~, ,CSEPCSEP~Kl~ ,wc'EP(~?O~(EU

.tuotwcmroTmae otw~wa .8w ceaaPruocw ceaakp~ ma owcwa

owcwfPc4u "cusc~uos.wrmaPIU~(w. puoswcwa wl:ws .tcwtw@Liz eclue

~owrwak~, ww~ceem Dwc~csta~ ;aotc~p~wpo?a otm8w ,mcm

twc6cmatw~wFa ~wcww p@uaswrmmruwa ly,@ w '@ 'a 'B 'em (w

3.12.3.5. ~ E J & c s ~ ~ V ~ (~wdas lwnUa) :dsma m n l o a m 3 A m 3 w a ~ d m 3 & m m

a r n & a r n m a . j a d ~ o @ m a ~ ~ d a d m a @ m 3 V a gm3earm wdammIa+

n o w a 3 d wd&mjua r m a a g a l d pzwaoP1a3aVa smsegma. ua, &. m,

0 m i l m w m ~ Y ,wwaM&hd s 3 d a 3 m g a m s d l n ~ m d d ads~mldMmamm:

'ua' m3wmjo; 'a' ~ 3 d w m j 0 ; 'm' nmj0;'nn' &6m"ojo g ~ d & 3 m 0 wjnSIaael~mao

m m 8 e l d l m l ~ ~ ~ o n ~ . g m l d 'nn' ua'lmlwcua~ aQaSg?m n jc t~9a3mmrma0

(E I3d l~d~wmz$ lca?marm~.

621) rndma3rn3dmaa@m - poi? ( d e 1 ~ a 3 ~ 8 ~~rn jammrnaao

m~n l l daam)a )

' d c a r o ' mil ,om w3madld mlmu ~ m ~ w m 3 m m m a d o m "

mmlm$ sei 'dml n J l c u m l . m ~ m ~ .

mil - mqa, co)"l"a, 012, mlm, mlax, mqm. gm'lme~ 'milm'

cmamcxammo (D~ssic~ilation) a r m m a o ~ d m a m l y 3 m a JImw3wcm"

4m3mv r n 8 ~ g ~ ~ ; l m + c ~ ~ & c , J ~ w o . 63Sm r ~ a ~ m l a a ~ mamsmjva

am2 dnmlcu6 mrasaccrmsama mm3d.i cmamlme~~ma 6ae10 a~olsd36a0.

gdrn3m" cmammdmrno (Dissimilation) ~ r n a doauarnmccn

i i ) w3manflarng@s3, mocoacom~esr, m 3 d . - & ! ~ d . - m 3 & =add

636)mmo amdrm3mY % &cr16)rn,gdmr@(future verbal participle) @&ad.

pfim LecruGcw 'w.pe JUS.F' 0ruup3 O~~LQWBC~~WW~II~

tcuscuuw (unou ~vdr~qmd) p@%uosecwcacShs& owwZ3 -ornpecn,

sw?mruew ,c~lscmwcsrmLrWcR. (YIBM [I!M O~M aq) pruwt'rs-sw

(un~ I[!M O~M aq) prucwL'scw .,~~e;c~c~nsru3 pgSpa wcsuas~wCR.

pcesw 'pcrutscw -oruu,u3 @aLwFmawppp eul9cW~w

p~suasecwac~ w?e)Zr-e;rnr-? ~2m~wm~cracwpcs1 (m

6)63€7Eu, 6 2 0 1 4 ~ . nl@, rn'lmP, my", &as?, m113@, 6~cmf"' m a g " ,

m f l am3sY, da~amUbhm1 d,, m06nlmIn~. 6)*393&g,@md,

6)3sY. masfdl

i i i d i z m l c d m g a 6 6 1 3 V a m r a 4 6 c l l a 0 ~ 6 ~ s h e l m m ~ ~ m v a . m o 1 m ~ d m c f 8

mcoflma-lann2amsa20 ofL~?Imc.q,do (Canonical form)

036)s 6 ) 6 3 s a d % l a ( m a . : 633s" v VC(V) m 6 3 m U cvccv

a) m d a a o a a d d m m a z g c l l 2 0 m m l a a ~ q q 3 m 0 .

23 m 9 m I d d mlmao 9380 mcaaml a m m a a m 3 d ~ m a m l m a

d a d a m m c a a 3 a m a m c a l & l ~ c a l m a m ~ . SIa63caruao mramlm$ n"l-rua0

e&3ca n " l w m a ~ ~ad,d_ljlcall,3nam~. m-61) e l snoe%fh i~ml . d I m a m m a o

d ~ r n a ~ a a a ~ cmaemca!a3aalRTil a d a m l r a l m a m a . rmamarru~3ca(0)mm

mraclflefldla~ (archi grapheme) m @ d ecaaml m m l m m a a ~ m m c a a 3 a d C a a

adamrrrilmlm~ma.

.0mcr-7wm scst~ce~cus~rnc~cCr)atcusm.s

t~uscwwwa onucr'h ppca, ruB ~Ora~wwcsS @)ceTwcec;w W~DCP?~~

uumcswwca, tww ot~w ma 06WrcW owpro :oepmuocuspro .z-CZ.E

E - V63

8 - LF '(W 'W 'W 'iu 'ra 'W '63

Ow~ctumwmLw - %@~w~m~w otBw(9 tww gucw

OWF-C~~~~WW - pc~atw~mr~w t8wc9 ewe gucw :cu5

ocuswcru@ruw pua9rwawwp~1~7 ~tmswtcm~cu cwmcw ocusvwclh, (w

mlm" qrn jm"rna3nf l . m e ~ " d ~ d 3 6 m 0 syca lmammlamm3Va acasm-

mj3nuo 6dsamcuE ffi(x6m0 a a 3 ~ d 3 6 m 0 s4calm3d (A puff of air) am,

~ d a m 3 c u d p 3 m 4 m l a ? ~ 6 m 0 ~vaenucrua~smY (~?m3:1.1.3.3./ 2.10.1.5.f 3.12.3.3.)

.~W~~~;F.Q~CF~.~WW ~U-GSW,CWL~~W-~G~ O~C&WJJL(U.V, ~~GD&WLIVC~LW,~,

raw~m@cmmG rawc~stccuem ;wtocmor- p~wtw~80~ ,uuLuswcetruvc'~~rs

wtwm .m, wwmwtse ~~Tovcw~[u)~PJ~ ,ra. w(9rv%% mw~mw~

clue ~[JII-J .~rnc~?@em &sw3~mcnsa~7 ZLuscuuewcmor~ us@ ,a,

,wW .o. (rnc~a~~~wv~m~:~) wpra.csarromcca, _%LOG cwa@ .o, ,wF?cn,

.a, (mc~~~~~~~racaev%) uupmwcr~lh)mcce,tw% -o~usecw pcswwwcrah

~Lustcnwr~ swt~wo'w,wc~vu~~ce,~n,%% uutw~uow teapoem uumwcru

pcw~exWwc~wow ~trucoc&sw &@~ucw ~cm&eqpFa .o, ~twux;upt~

&wpcw wcnuatc~p~vFB .a. ~tuutca~~v~~~~~c~~k sw@ra~wkpmcw

swtrmw3 _Scr-.tceoi3 'mra&~w 'pcraw owwcw tw~owtwcecrU~wToRc

ww o'v twwwwa pcuuc4u:wr9xl $~~wwcwm~wrcu) t(s~p~mru3

o 'e, tcus@m cwa@ ~oca,~~w~ccn3aee, cws@ oce,.,~pgaS Twpm

/Tau .pop sKJtsuasvru lyum 0 'e, swtmw twcuu&o pLwXsa

wtw~wt~~mw~ru~7 tmcro pps~cc~ocwtmee)ia ,uuSw~w cras~w~s

swtcmroem craa~~wt~w~vru~es tmtap~~w:~~sce,w~~ww~ (cn

6 ) m 3 m f i 6 ~ @ ~ ~ 3 & 0 : ~ 3 a a m s mOCQlm,ma&& CUaa O S W m a S a m C U 3 a a

a ~ a l d m d s 1 ~dmnnlsnmama. m ~ a 3 d mmarn3mfi6mu8 emcm,a.na.

mj-,dmo, rnUm~duanerd,nlo (d) s a w a m s mrarnarn3d&mu8 a", m", mu, m",

m". 'iK

I m- the unrounded, h a c k , r:losed Tamil vowel appearing in

final position of words.

a - the Malayalam representation of Tamil LI- a mixed. half-

closed or half- open vowel." (The Evolution of Mlayalam

Morphology, L.V.K.199.3: 15)

2. a r u m ~ ~ m 3 d 3 w a m I d 3 n i d CWOJ:IV)QO m s m a d g ; mama ~ d . e ~ m J o u a a 3 m ~

am, m l r o " l m m ~ m 3 s a e m ~ o ~ l m a m i l g ~ .

" m 3 Q I ~ - m r a & 3 m o a m nac?-o_ls= 63flm3d3n3Cid w3maCLn&/d&~mlol i I&

e d i d m m s a a ~ a m mjw3iao rda) mtnidrsmr3ey0 a e ~ . _ i d k m n - nmm3ma mma

Q , ~ s ~ c ~ c u ~ ' ... ~,.~&~m,lmn& G ~ J ~ ~ C U ~ S ~ ~ ~ C W G2J&?iao cm~)gcrumula3Cnn

o f lua rP lad la3d d g a m a e l & lu>no9m36mk mama ~d&jhlmnwams e 3 m a 3 d

, ~ r d l c o m l a a r n m ; 7 azle:1rno(n~nilCLfla3,e,ms rq3&rn6mmrdld m m j L m ,

qcuuajn1as3on': ( ~ n ~ w 3 m 1 : 1 ~ d m i l 70 . e a ( a ~ d 3 m ' i m l a n 1 a o

mraecaa3wmao. a n i s m a e m : i , ~ i 3 w a ~ 1 ~ 3 n a . ~ ( , d d ~ a d 1 ~ 9 4 : ~ 4 ) .

3. @*a' ~112& ' ~ m a ' n 1 3 Q c l ,~~ilmdym" dnmrma m d ? ~ . d ~ 1 d . d j ~ ~ m & 6 ) ~

m7mam0. ' ~ ~ $ 3 ~ ' 'om4a' a c + I mcao r n a d m & d a o m 3 m a o l &

(mah?*a. 6 3 ~ 2 B 7 4 2 , emcnrmja. aga rn+a) e p & 3 ~ 3 a ~ o m i &

(,daw3oii+flmammIma w : 1 ~ 1 n @ ~ ~ n r r ~ n r 3 m m d n ~ ~ m l m 3 m ' i m a m a m ~ .

(The History of' the'l'amil Malayalam Alveolal- plosive,Volumt: 1X - Journel

of Madras Ilnivcrsity)

4. n ~ a o m o m ~ o l s , e ~ ~ ~ d ~ w o m 6 m 3 6 ~ ~ ~ ( m ~ ~ ~ m ; ~ . 6 3 e ~ ~ ~ m ~ ) ~ n 3 r r r ) r a l ~ a m a ~ m 3 m ~

'~ma'dd mlrm3mu 'gma'stmom>mmm;; ~ o ~ m ~ ~ r a d l ~ mm3dIyIdlmarrnm:

(, iaom3m~rflmm n ~ g m m a NTIO (.mrnnomlrod)

5 . ~ ~ & i d ~ ~ 1 ~ 6 m ? n j l w a m s m d l ~ , n ~ ~ o o u m ' l m ~ ~ a ~ l s n ~ ~ ~ a d ~ ) r n - ~ 4 ~ m 3 m a

d . n i l . m m j a e n m ~ ~ m I d l m , ~ m i imaiR~d3mjt,.(eaosd36n?)m4m,d30m~.~g95:82,