User:Sengai Podhuvan/Phonemes, (Context capasities) Tolkappiyam 1-2

Tolkappiyam speaks about Tamil-phonemes in the first three chapters in its section one. The first chapter explains the number, collective names, duration of sounds etc. and the third one about the articulation of phonemes. The second one, which we take now, speaks about their capacities in words.

secondary phonemes
Secondary phonemes always become short phonemes reducing in its usual sound.

clustering and twinning
Clustering of consonants in articulation or twinning of letters in written form, in a word is explained below.

writing
Letters (phonemes) may be written in other ways.

vowels
These are the vowel phonemes end in meaningful words.

consonants
These are the consonant phonemes end in meaningful words.

Analytic linguistic notes

 * Verse 62, abve says that [v] consonant clustering except [u], [uu], [o] and [oo] become initial phoneme of words.