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How to say zh in Tamil?
In South India, there is a language called தமிழ். To pronounce it, த is “tha”, மி is “mi” and ழ் is “zh”. To pronounce “zh”, try to imitate a baby saying the letter “r”, but add a tinge of the “z”. Anyway, in English, this language is called Tamil.
Is it Tamil or Thamizh?
The correct representation of the pronunciation would be Tahmizh or Thamizh in English, he said. The letter zha in Tamil language is very significant. Several literatures including Sangam literature had emphasised the uniqueness of Tamil letter zha and our land was called Thamizhagam and Tamizh Naadu.
How do you pronounce Azhage?
I made a detailed reply as below and put it (after a few modifications) up in this page too so that whenever anyone else asks in the future, I can refer them to this page.
What is your name in Tamil pronunciation?
“Ungal Peyar Enna?” is the writing version of “What is your name”. If you want to use this in speech use “Unga Paer enna?” “Peyar” is the written Tamil. “Paer” is the spoken Tamil. 2.
Why is the letter Z pronounced as La in Tamil words?
The letter z alone does not mean anything in Tamil. Tamil does not have that sound. And the pronunciation of ‘ழ’ is achieved by trying to pronounce ‘zha’, because the speaker is required to fold their tongue backwards. Hope this helps. Originally Answered: Why is the letter Z pronounced as “la” in Tamil words?
What is the nearest form of ழ in Tamil?
When sanskritisation of Tamil in Cheranadu, ழ vanished in letter. However Kozhikode,Malampuzha,Alapuzha in many places contain ழ. Kannada,Telugu people are also claiming it in old version. Basic Tamil now called proto dravidian had a common phonetic form. Due nonavailability of that letter it may take the nearest form.
What is the origin of the Tamil word ழ?
ழ is unique to Tamil. May be it is in use in Malayalam phonetics. When sanskritisation of Tamil in Cheranadu, ழ vanished in letter. However Kozhikode,Malampuzha,Alapuzha in many places contain ழ. Kannada,Telugu people are also claiming it in old version. Basic Tamil now called proto dravidian had a common phonetic form.
What is the origin of the Malayalam word ഴ?
[1] It’s presence in Malayalam (and resemblance of ഴ to older forms of the letter in Tamil [2]) is because Malayalam split from Tamil (more specifically what linguists call Proto-Tamil-Malayalam) less than 1000 years ago because Nampoodiris sanskritized Tamil in in the erstwhile Chera Nadu now called Keralam.