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Divergence and Convergence of languages
The Divergence of Languages has happened, during the past several centuries, and the numbers of Mother tongues have also increased many fold. Now, the period of Language Divergence is over. The Period of Language Convergence has to take place, during ensuing several centuries, due to the advancement of technologies and shrinkage of the whole world like a village and the number of Mother Tongues also follow suit, accordingly. The family of Indian / Indian sub-continent Languages being one and the same, all Indian / Indian sub-continent Languages are to converge so as to have one Script, in the ensuing centuries.
Four Categories of languages
1) Languages having, two types of Alphabets viz Vowels and Consonants (English) and Alphabet based (and not phonetic)
2) Languages having, three types of Alphabets viz Vowels Consonants and Vowel-Consonants (Tamil), and Phonetic based (and not Alphabetic)
3) Languages having, four types of Alphabets viz Vowels Consonants Vowel-Consonants and Syllables (Hindi) and Phonetic based (and not Alphabetic)
4) Languages having ideographs (Chinese), neither Alphabet based nor phonetic based
The First Stage of Convergence
The first Category of languages may have option to adopt any one Script, (say Latin alphabet) all over the world, in due course, in the ensuing 10 centuries. The Second Category of languages, may have option to adopt any one Script, (say Tamil Alphabet) all over the world, in due course, in the ensuing 10 centuries. The Third Category of languages may have option to fall in line with the second category of languages and has to adopt any one Script, (say Tamil Alphabet, due to non-existence of combined Alphabets other than Vowel-Consonant) all over the world, in due course, in the ensuing 10 centuries. The fourth category of Languages may have option to fall in line with the first or second category of languages and has to adopt any one Script, all over the world, in due course, all over the world, in the ensuing centuries. In India
The Second Stage of Convergence
For this, first of all, forget the Tamil Alphabets, for a moment. Look at the world. What you see, are the creatures of God. They are classified as
1. Bodies with soul, with one to six senses,
2. Land, water, fire, air, sky and Dead Bodies
3. Soul, actually, not seen by naked eye, but realized
A) Now, forget, the world, see the categories of Tamil Alphabets.
1. Vowel-consonants (Bodies with soul)
2. Consonants (Land, water, fire, air, sky and Dead Bodies)
3. Vowels (Soul).
Now, you feel that that text containing Tamil Alphabets reflects the very nature of the world.
B) In a Tamil Word, you can not see any vowel, except in the first place, anywhere, throughout the word.
C) You can not see a consonant, in the first place of any word. What do all these mean:
1. Soul with Body exists in the world and similarly a vowel with consonant exists in the text.
2. If the first Alphabet, in a word, is a vowel it can be thought of as given under:
By taking the vowel on its right side, Vowel - Consonant is created. There fore the very first soul does not have a consonant to combine with. This is similar to the soul, in the world, without any body to take that soul.
D. The same consonant, in a word, do not exist, side by side. But, two different consonants can exist, side by side, but not more than two different consonants can exist, side by side, any where in a word.
E. One consonant only can join together with one soul.
These are the fundamental nature of Tamil, which is one of the classical languages of the world.
It may be safely predicted that the convergence of all fourth categories of Languages into the category of languages, will take place adopting Common Tamil Script, all over the world, in due course, in the ensuing several centuries, reflecting the very nature of the world, by having alphabets viz Vowels, Consonants and Vowel-Consonants,.
2. South
Asian/Indian Languages – Common Tamil Script for all South Asian/Indian
Languages, including Sanskrit for convenience of learning reading writing and
administration.
It is absolutely necessary to know about the
history of languages, language groups, word order and the scripts of Alphabets
and the ancient Indian language of the subcontinent, as to understand why the
Tamil Alphabets are very much suitable for common Script of all South
Asian/Indian Languages.
a. The History of the languages
with evolution of sentences, Words and Alphabets:
The man first spoke the languages, now being
named as Classical languages, like Tamil, Greek, Chinese, Japanese languages,
in the form of a sentence as a whole (biggest block of voices). It took a few
centuries’ time for the man to speak the language in the form of words (blocks
of voices), integrating them in the form of a sentence. In this stage itself,
in certain languages, say for example, in the Chinese language, literature came
into existence and further division of words into Alphabets, never happened.
For these languages, the words themselves are Alphabets. After this stage, the
man continued the research and further division of words into characters or
Alphabets. It took a few more centuries’ time for the man to speak, integrating
a number of Alphabet (smallest bits of voices) into the words, and the man
distinguished the Alphabets as Vowels, Consonants and Vowel-Consonants. The
individual words were also classified as Noun, adjective, Verb, adverb,
proposition etc, and also as Subject, Verb or Predicate and Object etc,
according to their position, in the sentences.
b. Word Order of sentences of the
languages:
The meanings of the sentences of the
languages are being understood based on the arrangement of words, called “word
order”. The family of languages is grouped based on the arrangement of “word
orders”. The arrangements of “Word orders” identified in the languages are
mainly of three categories. They are:
(1) The Predicate in the last of a sentence
or Subject-Object-Verb or Object-Subject-Verb,
(2) The Predicate in the Middle of a sentence
and Subject-Verb-Object or Object-Verb-Subject.
(3)The Predicate in the beginning of a
sentence and Verb-Subject-Object or Verb-Object- Subject
The Languages of Indian Subcontinent (all
Northern and Southern languages including Tamil) falls in the first category.
The Western or Aryan Languages, including English and the Chinese Languages
fall in the second category. Very few languages fall in the third category. In
each category, the other two categories also coexist in rare. The Sanskrit
language does not fall in either of the Category and it is a made-up language
of foreign Aryan language and Ancient language of Indian subcontinent. The name
of the language viz Sanskrit itself indicates that this is a made-up language.
Therefore Sanskrit is not a natural language. This language was developed,
using Indian Script, by elite people for use allover the country and therefore
it does not have a standard Word Order.
c. Tamil language as Ancient
language of the South Asia / Indian
sub-Continent
Long Long ago, all over South Asia/Indian
sub-continent (viz, India , Shri Lanka , Pakistan ,
Bangladesh , Myanmar , and Afghanistan etc) the Ancient Tamil
Language was being spoken (vide Harappa ,
Mohanchodaro inscriptions). This vast land, consisting of many number of
smaller areas, were being ruled by a number of kingdoms. A small number of
elite Aryans invaded and attained ruling status of the society in the then
prevalent kingdoms, in the Indian subcontinent. (A recent example, for this, is
English dominance, over the people, during British Rule).
At that time, short vowel for “E“ (ऍ) and “O“
(ऑ) and
also constant-vowels for “gnh” (ङ) and “jnh” (ञ), were
not developed and therefore were not in existence in the Ancient Tamil
Language. They succeeded in imposing dominance of Ariyan culture, progressively. More words were got mixed in then prevalent
speaking language undermining the original Ancient Tamil words, in the long run
and due to non control on the speaking language, many speaking languages were
got developed, such as Pali, Prakirutham etc, The Ancient Tamil Language, due
to mixing up of Ariyan Language, transformed through a number of intermediate
languages and resulted in the present North Indian Languages like Hindi,
Gujarat, Bengali, Panjabi, and Marathi.
In the Southern part of India India India is real “Dravid Nad” and North
India is not “Ariya Nad”, as is being thought of by certain
people.
In the
Tamil Nadu region, the Tamil language was almost in a perishable stage. A sudden realization has happened due to the
Research work by the author Caldwell. “Pure Tamil Movement” was initiated by Parithimar
Kalaignar and Maraimalai Adigal. Then the Medium of instruction, in Schools was
made as Tamil, By Kamarajar. The Tamil Language has been refurbished, during
the British Rule.
d. Danger
of imposition of one language over the other language
There is
always a danger, for all Indian Languages, including Tamil, due to continued
compulsion of English Language and due to imposition Hindi Language by the
Union Government. Therefore, dictation of another language, viz English,
Sanskrit (or) Hindi, over the other Indian languages, should not be made or
allowed to be made, by any Government. Now, a situation has come to ensure that
equal treatment should be ensured to all the Indian Languages by the respective
State Governments and Central Government, duly taking suitable measures in this
regard.
The North
and South Indian people are all Proto Tamilians or Ancient Tamilians, now known
as Dravidians. No Aryans now exist. The North Indians themselves feel as though
they belong to Aryans, due to the influence of Sanskrit language, which is a
mother tongue for any Indian. It was concealed or forgotten that Proto-Tamil
and Ancient Tamil people were in existence, in the entire Indian sub continent
by exhibiting that Proto-Tamil and Ancient Tamil Civilization wrongly as the
Aryan Civilization
e. The
Phonetic and Alphabetic Structure of the Languages:
The
English Language is based on 26 fixed numbers of Alphabets (not phonetic) with
two basic natural forms Viz Vowels (V-form) and Consonants (C-Form) alone and has
become World Language, in spite of many deficiencies, in the language, like
other languages.
In South
Asia/Indian Sob-continent, all the languages, having different Scripts, are
based on pronounciation (phonetic) and not on fixed number of Alphabets with
three basic natural forms of Alphabets Viz vowels (V-Form), Consonants
(C-Form), Vowel-Consonants (V+C Forms) and one more extra non natural form
of Alphabets viz Vowel with Cluster of Consonants (V+C+ …+ C Form) and are
struggling even to become full fledged official language of the States. The
languages being based on pronounciation, the Alphabets are being added, over
the time, with more and more Alphabets. But, the Tamil language has only three
basic forms of Alphabets Viz vowels (V-Form), Consonants (C-Form),
Vowel-Consonants (V+C Forms), with 299 Alphabets. The Government of India
spends crores of rupees, for teaching Hindi. But, the people find it difficult
to be conversant with Hindi, because of too many Alphabets, to be memorized, by
the students and learners.
f. The
existing unavoidable Shortcomings of Devanagari Script and Similar scripts:
Immediately
on introduction of New Indian Rupee Symbol, (viz `) and on hearing several
interviews appeared in TVs, the public came to know that more than 75% of
people use Devanagari Script for the Indian languages. Then, one may conclude
that why not introduce Devanagari Script for the remaining Indian languages, so
as to make it 100%, with a concept of “One India One Script”. But the
Devanagari Script is not suitable for “One India One Script”, due to the
following unavoidable reasons.
1. The
strain of the students of all Indian Languages with nearly 700 Alphabets is
enormous, in learning, reading and writing of the languages.
2. The
Devanagari Script has unnecessarily developed too many Alphabets by introducing
a non-natural form of Alphabets viz Vowel with Cluster of Consonants
(V+C+ …+ C Form)
3.
Actually, there is no need for four Aspirated Consonants for each of five
Alphabets, 1) K, 2) Ch, 3) T, 4) Th, and 5) P, and at the most a set of two
Aspirated Consonants Viz 1) K, G, 2) CH, J, 3) T, D, 4) TH, DH, 5) P, B, are
sufficient, instead of a set of four Aspirated Consonants, the second and
fourth aspirated Consonants being mostly the multiples of first and third
Aspirated Consonant and they can be written side by side, viz as 1) KK, GG, 2)
CHCH, 3) TT, DD, 4) THH, DHDH, 5) PP, BB.
4. If
Devanagari Script is adopted, the non-natural form of Alphabets viz
Vowel with Cluster of Consonants (V+C+ …+ C Form) can never be avoided and
therefore the strain of the Students will continue to exist.
5. Even
If any other script adopted, other than Devanagari except Tamil Script, the non
natural form of Alphabets viz Vowel with Cluster of Consonants (V+C+ …+ C
Form) can never be avoided and therefore the strain of the Students will
continue to exist.
g. The
existing avoidable Shortcomings of Tamil Script
There are
two shortcomings in the Tamil Script, which are preventing the Tamil Script for
adoption as a Common Script and steps are to be taken for eliminating the two
shortcomings, as discussed below.
1. The non-existence
of essential Aspirated Consonants, in Tamil Script is one shortcoming,
which can, readily, be eliminated by introducing only four additional Aspirated
Consonants, viz 1) க1 (G), 3) ட1 (D) 4) த1 (DH) 5) ப1 (B), since ஜ (J) is already available in Tamil script. The
new shapes may be decided by expert linguistic authors. Vide Annexure 1, (2 pages)
2. The existence of two and three figure
shaped Alphabets for seven vowel-Consonants, in each series, instead of one
figure shaped Alphabets, is another shortcoming which can also, readily, be
eliminated by removing vowel signs now existed on the left and right side of
the base Alphabets and placing an appropriate vowel sign, just above or below
the base Alphabet. A proposal converting the existing two and three figure
shaped Alphabets into one figure shaped Alphabets is submitted for
consideration. Vide Annexure Plan 2, (2 pages)
h. Common
Tamil Script for rationalization of Indian Languages
These two
shortcomings in the Tamil Script are made good, the Tami Script is found to be
very much suitable for “One India One Script”, due to the following reasons:
1. The
strain of the students of all Indian Languages will be much reduced to 351
Alphabets or less with only 39 basic Alphabets, for learning, reading and
writing of all the Indian languages.
2. The
Tamil Script does not have a non-natural form of Alphabets viz Vowel
with Cluster of Consonants (V+C+ …+ C Form) and avoids more than hundreds of
unnecessary combined non-natural Alphabets, are not to be in existence, in the
Indian languages.
So, the
need of the hour is to rationalize the Alphabets of Indian languages by
adopting the Common Tamil Script, which may be considered for implementation,
in a period, ranging from 5 to 10 years. It is, understood, that the Government
of India is considering to make all State Official Languages into Central
Official Languages. The rationalization of Alphabets will make things very easy
and affordable by developing software, which will convert Devanagari and other
Scripts into Common Tamil Script, on one to one basis, it is easy to learn,
read and write any Indian language, in Common Tamil Script.
3. Alphabets of Common Tamil Script – Annexure
Having
only Maximum 351 Alphabets, in Tamil Common Script (27X13=351)
(Ex: Instead of Devanagari
Script)
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इ
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ऍ
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ऑ
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ऒ
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ஃ
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क्
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का
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ங
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ற்
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றா
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று
|
றூ
|
றெ
|
றே
|
றை
|
றொ
|
றோ
|
றௌ
|
|
19
|
ऩ्
|
ऩ
|
ऩा
|
ऩि
|
ऩी
|
ऩु
|
ऩू
|
ऩॅ
|
ऩे
|
ऩै
|
ऩॉ
|
ऩो
|
ऩौ
|
ன்
|
ன
|
னா
|
னி
|
னீ
|
னு
|
னூ
|
னெ
|
னே
|
னை
|
னொ
|
னோ
|
னௌ
|
|
20
|
स्
|
स
|
सा
|
सि
|
सी
|
सु
|
सू
|
सॅ
|
से
|
सै
|
सॉ
|
सो
|
सौ
|
ஸ்
|
ஸ
|
ஸா
|
ஸி
|
ஸீ
|
ஸு
|
ஸூ
|
ஸெ
|
ஸே
|
ஸை
|
ஸொ
|
ஸோ
|
ஸௌ
|
|
21
|
ष्
|
ष
|
षा
|
षि
|
षी
|
षु
|
षू
|
षॅ
|
षे
|
षै
|
षॉ
|
षो
|
षौ
|
ஷ்
|
ஷ
|
ஷா
|
ஷி
|
ஷீ
|
ஷு
|
ஷூ
|
ஷெ
|
ஷே
|
ஷை
|
ஷொ
|
ஷோ
|
ஷௌ
|
|
22
|
ज्
|
ज
|
जा
|
जि
|
जी
|
जु
|
जू
|
जॅ
|
जे
|
जै
|
जॉ
|
जो
|
जौ
|
ஜ்
|
ஜ
|
ஜா
|
ஜி
|
ஜீ
|
ஜு
|
ஜூ
|
ஜெ
|
ஜே
|
ஜை
|
ஜொ
|
ஜோ
|
ஜௌ
|
|
23
|
ह्
|
ह
|
हा
|
हि
|
ही
|
हु
|
हू
|
हॅ
|
हे
|
है
|
हॉ
|
हो
|
हौ
|
ஹ்
|
ஹ
|
ஹா
|
ஹி
|
ஹீ
|
ஹு
|
ஹூ
|
ஹெ
|
ஹே
|
ஹை
|
ஹொ
|
ஹோ
|
ஹௌ
|
|
24
|
ग्
|
ग
|
गा
|
गि
|
गी
|
गु
|
गू
|
गॅ
|
गे
|
गै
|
गॉ
|
गो
|
गौ
|
க்1
|
க1
|
கா1
|
கி1
|
கீ1
|
கு1
|
கூ1
|
கெ1
|
கே1
|
கை1
|
கொ1
|
கோ1
|
கௌ1
|
|
25
|
ड्
|
ड
|
डा
|
डि
|
डी
|
डु
|
डू
|
डॅ
|
डे
|
डै
|
डॉ
|
डो
|
डौ
|
ட்1
|
ட1
|
டா1
|
டி1
|
டீ1
|
டு1
|
டூ1
|
டெ1
|
டே1
|
டை1
|
டொ1
|
டோ1
|
டௌ1
|
|
26
|
द्
|
द
|
दा
|
दि
|
दी
|
दु
|
दू
|
दॅ
|
दे
|
दै
|
दॉ
|
दो
|
दौ
|
த்1
|
த1
|
தா1
|
தி1
|
தீ1
|
து1
|
தூ1
|
தெ1
|
தே1
|
தை1
|
தொ1
|
தோ1
|
தௌ1
|
|
27
|
ब्
|
ब
|
बा
|
बि
|
बी
|
बु
|
बू
|
बॅ
|
बे
|
बै
|
बॉ
|
बो
|
बौ
|
ப்1
|
ப1
|
பா1
|
பி1
|
பீ1
|
பு1
|
பூ1
|
பெ1
|
பே1
|
பை1
|
பொ1
|
போ1
|
பௌ1
|
Note: This chart contains basic Alphabets: Vowels 12, and
Consonants (18+4+4=) 26. Ayutham 1, and in total only 39 and 312
Vowel–Consonants (26 + 12 + 1 + 312 = 351), (27X13 = 351) The superscript is to
be inherent, always or new forms are to be introduced. The present Total
Alphabets of nearly 700 alphabets will be got reduced by rationalizing the
alphabets as indicated above for all Indian Languages. The Un-natural Composite
Consonant letters, in any form, are eliminated using Tamil Scripts, for all
languages. The series of Alphabets having two or three figures for one Alphabets
such as பா1,
பெ1, பே1, பை1, பொ1, போ1,
மற்றும் பௌ1, will be modified as one figure alphabets, when the proposals are
approved by Government of Tamil Nadu / the Government of India, as the case may
be (vide enclosure Plan 2) The Devanagari and other similar scripts are
to be replaced with the above 351 Common Tamil Script.
Name of Language
|
Total Number of alphabets
|
Remarks
|
North Indian languages including Hindi
including Sanskrit* and similar
languages in the sub-continent
|
24x11= 264 only required
|
E (எ), O (ஒ), RR (ற), NNN (ன) மற்றும் ZHA (ழ) not
required, Am, Aha, kru, klu etc can be written using common Alphabets
|
South Indian languages except Tamil
|
27x13 = 351 required
|
Am, Aha, kru, klu etc can be written using common
Alphabets
|
Tamil Language
|
23x13 = 299 required
|
க1, ட1, த1, ப1 if not required
|
* If Sanskritists agree for rationalization of Alphabets.
Plan 2: Proposals for modification of two and three figure and irregular
figure of Tamil vowel - Consonants and two vowels with “ள” into one figure Alphabets
a. Introduction
In the modern Tamil there are (37+276=) 313
alphabets, in total, of which 37 primary alphabets, comprising (18+5=) 23
consonants, viz 18 consonants, 5 associate consonants, 12 vowels, 1 special
alphabet viz ayutham and 1 composite alphabet, and (23X12=) 276 Vowel –
Consonants. These 313 alphabets, include
(1) 52 alphabets viz 4 associate Consonants, viz ஸ், ஷ், ஜ், ஹ் and 48 related associated Vowel – Consonants, which are in agreement with the
nature of Tamil and (2) 14 iniquity alphabets viz 1 combined Consonant க்ஷ, 12 related Vowel – Consonants and 1 combined syllable ஸ்ரீ, which are not in agreement with the nature of Tamil there are 299 alphabets in Tamil
alphabet counts, after excluding the 14 iniquity combined alphabets,
88 alphabets viz 22 Tamil Consonants and 66 Vowel – Consonants
associated with Vowels A (அ), I (இ), II (ஈ) are
one figure alphabets, not requiring modifications, 44 alphabets viz Vowel –
Consonants associated with Vowels U (உ), UU (ஊ), are
one figure alphabets, but requiring modifications, due to non uniformity. 152 alphabets viz Vowel – Consonants associated with 7 Vowels AA (ஆ), E (எ), EE (ஏ), AI (ஐ), O (ஒ), OO (ஓ), AU (ஔ) are of
either two figure or three figure
alphabets, requiring modifications, 2 Vowels, viz UU (ஊ), and AU (ஔ)
having “ள” symbol and two figures requiring modifications.
It is found very difficult for students while
writing text exams with most of the
letters having two figure and three figure alphabets, due to strain on writing
fingers forehand. If the alphabets are regulated as one figure alphabets, it
will relieve the students from the painful writing and the writing pages also
will saved by more than 50%, incidentally resulting in financial burden on
stationary.
The placement of vowel signs has to come after
consonants. But it is seen that vowel signs of combined alphabets, being on the
left side or both left and right side of the alphabets. Dr. M.Varadarasanar has
observed, in his Book, “history of language” (vide page 379, copy enclosed)
that this type of placement of vowel signs as a great deficiency, in alphabetic
system, duly explaining the reasons. Therefore, it is the next step to do good
for Tamil, is to set right this deficiency, by making the alphabets as one
figure alphabets.
b. Alphabets requiring rationalization.
Vowel –
consonant Alphabets having three figure structure – (22X3=) 66,
Vowel –
consonant Alphabets having two figure structure – (22X4=) 88,
Vowel
Alphabets having “ள” sign – (1X2 =) 2
Vowel –
consonant Alphabets not having regular signs (22X2=) 44,
Rationalization is required for (66+88+2+44=) 200 Alphabets, in total.
The required rationalization have been carried out with the presently available
signs, such as, leg, hook, horn, after modifying them slightly and placed
either on the top or bottom of base alphabets, so that regular one figure vowel
– Consonant alphabets are obtained..
c. Placing Vowel Sign on the top for Vowel - Consonants
(a) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of
crescent for “ஆ”
(b) Vowel – Consonants with
Vowel sign of hook with left orientation
for “உ” (just
like Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of
hook with right orientation for “இ”
(c) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of
hook with one circle having left orientation for “ஊ” (just like Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of hook with one circle having right orientation
for “ஈ”
(d) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of hook with one circle having
upside orientation for “எ”
(e) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of hook with two circle having upside
orientation for “ஏ”
(f) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of hook with two circle having
right side orientation for “ஒ”
(g) Vowel – Consonants with Vowel sign of hook with two circle having left
side orientation for “ஓ”
d. Placing Vowel Sign on the bottom for Vowel - Consonants
(h) Vowel – Consonants with
Vowel sign of hook with one circle having down side orientation for “ஐ”
(i) Vowel – Consonants with
Vowel sign of hook with two circle having down side orientation for “ஔ”
e. Rationalization of Vowels, without “ள” Sign.
(j) Putting a slant line
for getting “ஊ”, below “உ” at
the right side end (as done for “ஏ”
(k) Putting a second circle
for getting “ஔ”, below “ஓ” at
the bottom end
f. Vowel Signs
a. The total existing Vowel Signs – 19.
b. Abolished Vowel Signs – 16; they are (1) leg for
“ஆ”, (2) one
circled hook on left side of base alphabets for “எ”, (3) two circled hook on left side of
base alphabets for “ஏ”, (4) left
side Sign for “ஐ”(5) Sign “ள” – ம், (6) 5 Signs
used for “உ” (7) 6 Signs used for “ஊ” and in
total 16.
c.. vowel Signs now proposed for use – 5. they are (1) point, (2) crescent, (3)
hook, (4) horn with one circle. (5) horn
with two circles.
Out of these 5 Signs, point Sign and crescent sign, are used as it is. The
other three signs viz (1) hook, (2) horn with one circle,
(3) horn with two circles are oriented with
different directions, and 12 vowel Signs have been introduced (1) Crescent for
Vowel “ஆ”,
(2, 3) Hook left oriented for Vowel “இ”and
hook right oriented for Vowel “உ”,
(4, 5, 6, 7) Horn with one circle right oriented for
Vowels “ஈ”, left oriented for Vowels “ஊ”, upside oriented for Vowels “எ”and
down side oriented, “for Vowels “ஐ””,
(8, 9, 10, 11) Horn with two circle right oriented for
Vowels “ஒ”, left oriented for Vowels “ஓ”, upside oriented for Vowels “ஏ”and
down side oriented, “for Vowels “ஔ””,
(12) Point
for Consonants (Vide Table -3, for all Vowel Signs).
The vowel – Consonants and Vowels before and after rationalization, in
total 200 alphabets, are shown in Table 4. After rationalization of 200
Alphabets, the entire 299 alphabets are shown in Table 5.
g. “History of Language” Tamil Book - extract of page 379
“மொழி
வரலாறு” எனும் தூல் பக்கம் 379 – ன்
பகுதி நகல்
மெய் முன்னும் உயிர் பின்னுமாக ஒலிக்கும். இது
ஒலிவடிவிற்கு ஆகும். ஆனால் வரிவடிவில் பல எழுத்துக்கள் அவ்வாறு (மெய் முன்னும்
உயிர் பின்னுமாக) அமையவல்லை. “கெ” என்பதை எழுதும் போது, “ஒரு சுழிக் கொம்பு“ என்பதை முன் எழுதுவது
தவறன்றோ? ”த - க்குப் பின் ஐ -
யின் குறியீடு” என்று எழுதின் தகர மெய்யும் ஐகார உயிரும் கூடிய
உயிர்மெய் என்பது தெளிவாகும் “ஐ” என்ற ஒலியை – அதன் குறியை “தை” என்று மெய்க்கு முன் எழுதுவது பொருந்துமாறு
எங்ஙன்? கொ, கோ, கௌ முலான எழுத்துக்களில் மெய்யை இடையில் வைத்து, உயிரின் வடிவை
முன்னும் பின்னுமாகப் பிரித்து எழுதுதல் பெருங்குறையாகும்.
(Pronounce Consonant first and
then following it pronounce Vowel. This is the order of pronounciation. But, in
character writing this is not the case viz consonant first and then vowel is
not the case. While writing KE, the vowel sign, horn with one circle is written
first and then the consonant is written next. Is it not wrong. While writing
Thai, writing first consonant and then the vowel sign is the correct method,
but vowel sign is fitted first and the consonant is after that. How will this
be proper fitting? In writing KO, KOO, KAI, consonant is being put in the
middle and vowel sign is being put on both sides of it. This method of writing,
putting consonant in the middle and vowel sign on both sides of it, is largely
deficient)
