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Rh arrangement of the consonants in page 8; because the remarks which follow that arrangement do not apply to them. In contradistinction to all the other consonants, these three letters are never joined either to the connected vowels, or to any other characters whatever.

36. When a consonant is doubled, the one character is placed under the other, and the lower of the two is written without any of the connected vowels, the subsequent vowel being attached to the upper one only; thus, pĕddu, great. This rule however does not apply to the following consonants, of which each has its respective double form. viz.

37. These eight consonants, when doubled, are written first in their original shape, and their second form is then written below them; thus, ukku, an elder sister,  kutti, a knife, unnu, an elder brother,, ummu, a mother, a respectful female appellation,  uyyu, sir, a respectful male appellation,  kurru, a staff,  illoo, a house,  uvuu, a grand-mother.

38. If one consonant follow another without the intervention of a vowel, the last is written below the first; and if the last be one of those abovementioned which has a double form, it is written in its second orr double form, not in its original shape; thus, ushtu, eight,  atmu, the soul.

39. When the double form of y, namely, follows another consonant, the subsequent vowel, if  a,  oo, or  oo, may be attached either to the