Because Tamil alphabet represents places of articulation, because the number of sounds usedin Tamil is numerous at each PoA, for any language, this does not compare to what you imagin with sound based alphabet writing.
But i meant the differences between r and R, the different places of articulation, this difference does not exist in other languages. say r in Hindi, R in English. They do not have both like Tamil. And this really makes a lot of difference that UC is not able to understand the very fundarmental differences that Tamil alphabet only represent Places of Articulation. where as say, Grantha only represents identified sounds/phonemes. it is very difficult for outsiders to understand the significance of alphabet only representing the PoA as it is totally new to what the world is used to. This is the problem we have with UC and the major corporates, they are trying to destroy the only serviving writing system, the only scientific writing system, the only original writing system of the world. Let's hope they change their mind, if not for it's scientific natre, but for the heritage value at least. Sinnathurai --- On Thu, 25/11/10, "ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்" <[email protected]> wrote: From: "ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்" <[email protected]> Subject: [indic] Re: Revisit Tamil sRi definition in Unicode. To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 6:15 On 11/14/2010 04:52 PM, Sinnathurai Srivas wrote: > > sRi in Tamil has meanings of respect, laughter, etc depend on the > combinations intended. is it not 'siri' or 'ciri' to mean laughter? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "தமிழ் ஆராய்ச்சி" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tamil_araichchi?hl=ta.
