How did the Tamil written characters evolve?

[Sudhaama]

Germans pronounce ... CHa.... as... SHa...

That means we must pronounce it as "Ashrinhai"... "Ashdhu"... and as ... "Ashkam" Surukkael

OK ?

[aravindhan]

Germans pronounce ... CHa.... as... SHa...

That means we must pronounce it as "Ashrinhai"... "Ashdhu"... and as ... "Ashkam" Surukkael

OK ?

No, that's the soft "ch". I was talking about the hard "ch", the one that you use in "Ach!" or "Buch". It's what would be called a "velar fricative" in phonetics.

[Bad Boy]

Germans pronounce ... CHa.... as... SHa...

That means we must pronounce it as "Ashrinhai"... "Ashdhu"... and as ... "Ashkam" Surukkael

OK ?

Silly, why don't you ask BB, the one and only german among tamil foreigners in the hub?

sch - sh (GB)
ch - either k like chemistry or something like chEtai or as aravindhan says like 'h' like Kirche (church) could be ¸¢±÷¦† or ¸¢±÷¦º depends on where are you from and if you speak hochdeutsch (§†¡‹¦¼¡öðî).

[Bad Boy]

I don't know why my tamil script is not working, haven't change anything at my side
While replying everything was ok but after posting Tscavarangal font seems not function here, got to check in other sections.


Problem solved!

[aravindhan]

ch - either k like chemistry or something like chEtai or as aravindhan says like 'h' like Kirche (church) could be ¸¢±÷¦† or ¸¢±÷¦º.

Ah, thanks. I was just about to ask you to pop in and clarify things here.

depends on where are you from and if you speak hochdeutsch (§†¡‹¦¼¡öðî)

Or §†¡·¦¼¡öðî, if the theory about the original pronunciation of · is correct. And that reminds me of a slogan which Baden-Württemberg adopted in a marketing campaign: "Wir können alles. Außer Hochdeutsch."

[Sudhaama]

Aayudha- Ezhuththu:-- " · "

Yes... About 70 years back in the presently so called Tamilnadu of India we were taught to pronounce the Aaydha- Ezhuththu ..." · "... as "H" only .. and the comprised words as ....

«·Ð:-- A"h"dhu ............. «·¸õ:-- A"h'kam. ............ «·È¢¨½:-- A'h"rinhai

Is it taught different now-a-days?

[Bad Boy]

The Badener (Baden-Würtemberg) for example say ¸¢±÷¦†

Kirche - ¸¢±÷¦º - church
Kirsche - §¸÷¦„ cherry the fruit here the k has to be like k from keeLvi

are you familiar with German and Germany, Aravindhan?

I would say §†¡·¦¼¡öî as you have written but without ð I would recommend as I am from near Hannover (30 Km) †§É¡(f)¦Å÷ (Expo 2000) where you speak the Hochdeutsch by default. My Place where I am from has its own slang but it is seldom used but some vocals and sounds come through though. But in common you can assume that I speak good Hochdeutsch after 26 years and comming in younger ages to Germany. There had been alot of lot of painful work had to be done to get to this point.

[Vini Vidi Vici]

Aayudha- Ezhuththu:-- " · "

Yes... About 70 years back in the presently so called Tamilnadu of India we were taught to pronounce the Aaydha- Ezhuththu ..." · "... as "H" only .. and the comprised words as ....

«·Ð:-- A"h"dhu ............. «·¸õ:-- A"h'kam. ............ «·È¢¨½:-- A'h"rinhai

Is it taught different now-a-days?

So, how old are you now? How old were you 70 years ago?

[Vini Vidi Vici]

The Badener (Baden-Würtemberg) for example say ¸¢±÷¦†

Kirche - ¸¢±÷¦º - church
Kirsche - §¸÷¦„ cherry the fruit here the k has to be like k from keeLvi

are you familiar with German and Germany, Aravindhan?

I would say §†¡·¦¼¡öî as you have written but without ð I would recommend as I am from near Hannover (30 Km) †§É¡(f)¦Å÷ (Expo 2000) where you speak the Hochdeutsch by default. My Place where I am from has its own slang but it is seldom used but some vocals and sounds come through though. But in common you can assume that I speak good Hochdeutsch after 26 years and comming in younger ages to Germany. There had been alot of lot of painful work had to be done to get to this point.

Are you the only "German" here in the hub? Why are you so silent for so long.
I am often in Hannover - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover - for surgery and to lecture.

[devapriya]

Friends,

Asoka Brahmi- the name given to the Scripts, but not because it was invented by him, but he extensively made Stone Inscriptions all over India.
Karoshti was its earlier form, and we have few Scrolls also of it .

Brahmi has vowels which is absent till 800CE, in Hebrew and Aramaic, which are said to have been its source.

Brahmi Vowls shoe clearly that Brahmi was developed for Sanskrit, though stone inscriptions we have it show its earlier usage in Prakrit.

Tholkappiyam Ezuththathigaram matches with the Third stage of Brahmi which are dated to 100CE or Later, and it also confirms that Brahmi is done for Sanskrit.



Even Before Asoka, we have JAina Rishis in Tamilnadu, and hence Inscription of 3rd Cen BCE, earlier than 233BCE of Asoka is no Surprise.