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Some observations on the plosives in colloquial Tamil as spoken in Jaffna (Ceylon)

Some observations on the plosives in colloquial Tamil as spoken in Jaffna (Ceylon) S O M E O B S E R V A T I O N S O N T H E P L O S I V E S I N C O L L O Q U I A L T A M I L AS S P O K E N I N J A F F N A ( C E Y L O N ) * by T. BALASUBRAMANIAN and S. THANANJAYARAJASINGHAM University of Edinburgh T h e object o f this paper is to examine with the aid o f k y m o g r a p h y and, where necessary, palatography, the short (orthographic single) and long (orthographic double) plosives o f Tamil as it is spoken in the n o r t h e r n p a r t o f Ceylon. Before going into the details o f the results o f o u r in- vestigations, it will n o t be out o f place here to refer briefly to some o f the linguistic analyses o f Tamil that have already been published. Several papers have been published o n various aspects o f http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Some observations on the plosives in colloquial Tamil as spoken in Jaffna (Ceylon)

Balasubramanian, T.; Thananjayarajasingham, S.
Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 14 (3-4): 218 – Jan 1, 1972
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Brill
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© 1972 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0019-7246
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1572-8536
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10.1163/000000072790078578
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Abstract

S O M E O B S E R V A T I O N S O N T H E P L O S I V E S I N C O L L O Q U I A L T A M I L AS S P O K E N I N J A F F N A ( C E Y L O N ) * by T. BALASUBRAMANIAN and S. THANANJAYARAJASINGHAM University of Edinburgh T h e object o f this paper is to examine with the aid o f k y m o g r a p h y and, where necessary, palatography, the short (orthographic single) and long (orthographic double) plosives o f Tamil as it is spoken in the n o r t h e r n p a r t o f Ceylon. Before going into the details o f the results o f o u r in- vestigations, it will n o t be out o f place here to refer briefly to some o f the linguistic analyses o f Tamil that have already been published. Several papers have been published o n various aspects o f

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Indo-Iranian Journal – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1972

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