Tamil Phonology
Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2018509555
S$1,461
About This Course
Describe the basic and secondary letters in Tamil orthography, such as vowels, and consonants.
Illustrate the objectives of phonology, based on several prominent theories in the discipline.
Develop a knowledge of the phonological structure of Tamil as a diglossic language.
Identify the bases of Tamil orthography.
Summarise key facts about the phonological structure of Tamil as a diglossic language.
Classify sounds in the Tamil language (e.g. voiced and voiceless sounds).
What You'll Learn
TLL109 explains how sounds are organized and the letters of the Tamil alphabet, such as vowels, consonants, and mute consonants. It also covers their order in the Tamil alphabet, methods of articulation, their duration of sound, the letters that could occur in the initial, medial, and final positions of the words, the use of Grantha letters in Tamil, and divisible and indivisible words, etc. In addition, it also deals with Tamilising Sanskrit words as codemixing between Tamil and Sanskrit languages has been common in the Indian sub-continent.
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