Stephanie Wrote:
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> premalatha balan Wrote:
> >
> > no, i think vowel gives the soul to any
> consonent,
> > it makes the consonent to become a proper
> letter
> > for a proper word... k as such is nothing,
> but it
> > becomes, ka or ki when a or i is added to it.
> k is
> > not a proper letter (it takes half a second
> to say
> > any consonent and is not a full letter by
> itself),
> > but ka or ki are proper letters.
>
> This makes absolute sense now. You can't have a
> consonant starting a word because that would be a
> body without a soul. It'd be nothing, correct?
> Therefore, the body must have a soul in order for
> the word to be real. Am I close?


yes. you are correct.


> >
> > yes, it is the combination of the body and
> the
> > soul.
>
> This makes me want to learn tamil, lol.
>
> > and, the consonents (and corresponding
> uyirmei)
> > are grouped into three categories depending
> on
> > their hardness(as you mentioned hardness of
> it, i
> > remembered this bit),
> >
> > vallinam - hard group group
> > idaiyinam - mediam-soft group
> > mellinam - soft group
> >
> > ka, cha, da, tha, pa, ra - vallinam
> > ya, ra, la, va, la, la - (three las and two
> ras -
> > idaiyinam
> > gna (pronounced through nose lol.), nga, na,
> ma,
> > na, (there are two nas) - mellinam
>
> Are those the main sounds attributed to each or
> are there more that are just not listed?


There are 18 consonents and are grouped into three (as above) of six each. the uyirmei are derivatives of these 18 consonents...

>
> > also, Tamil words and names always have a
> meaning,
> > and it has to have a meaning. I think there
> is a
> > name to such languages..
>
> There probably is a name for these kind of
> languages. Sad to say the complexity blew my mind
> when trying to comprehend/learn Navajo because
> nearly every seperate sound in a word had its own
> meaning. Ya'a'te'eh is hello in Navajo in the
> short version but from what I understand each one
> of those sections (ya, a, te, eh) apparently has
> their own meanings. So ya'a'te'eh is far more
> complex than just "hello". I wish I knew what the
> fuller version meant, lol. Even the wrong tone can
> change the meaning of what one says in Navajo
> (Probably why my husband winces when I try to say
> things in it lol). There probably is a name for
> these kind of languages. I just don't know it
> either.
>

agglutinative language!!!!

[encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com]


look for Dravidian language for Tamil.





> Stephanie
>
>
> >
> > for example doormat... it has a meaning. but
> the
> > word chair has no meaning. names of towns all
> have
> > meanings....
> >
> > Cheers
> > Prema
>
>
>
>
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