Thank you Jean-Luc, that is helpful. It is especially interesting that the vowels use a ring form of pulli in contrast with the dot pulli on consonants!
Thanks, Jan -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Luc Chevillard <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 6:08 PM To: Jan Kučera <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Tamil initial vowels with vowel signs Dear Jan, you might be interested in the example which I include as an attachment. You can see the puḷḷi on initial vowel in the commentary to the Naṉṉūl cūttiram which reads தொல்லை வடிவின வெல்லா வெழுத்துமாண் டெய்து மெகர வொகரமெய் புள்ளி [tollai vaṭiviṉa vellā veḻuttumāṇ ṭeytu mekara vokaramey puḷḷi] I can provide you with more examples if you wish, including from Palm leaf MSS All the best அன்புடன் -- Jean-Luc https://htl.cnrs.fr/equipe/jl-chevillard/ On 19/05/2022 15:24, Jan Kučera wrote: > Thank you both! > > Yes an alternative spelling of long vowels, such as அ+ாinstead of ஆ > would be an example. Other situations I could envision why that would > happen could be to express even-longer-than-long vowels, like ஆ+ா, or > alternative spellings of diphthongs or diphthongs that do not exist > Tamil. I have not seen these myself but wanted to check with others. > > In fact I am interested in any cases where the initial vowel would > take any mark - how about pulli on vowels? > > I am imagining not everyone is adhering to the Tolkāppiyam rules, be > it either modern usage, transliteration of other languages, or > manipravalam texts. > > Best regards, > > Jan > > *From:*INDOLOGY <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *a.murugaiyan > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2022 1:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Tamil initial vowels with vowel signs > > Dear Jan, > > Do you meanஅ+ா instead of ஆ at the initial position? > > Best regards. > A. Murugaiyan > > Le 19/05/2022 à 12:22, Jan Kučera a écrit : > > Dear all, > > has anyone come across a Tamil orthography where a vowel sign would > be attached to an initial vowel, presumably most likely it would be > A or AA, e.g. ஆா? > > Thank you and best regards, > > Jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > INDOLOGY mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
