ORIGIN OF SOUNDS
The Origin of Sounds Tolkāppiyam deals with the grammar of Tamil language. The third chapter piRappiyal (பிறப்பியல்) explains about pronunciation methods of the phonemes. The rising air starting from the navel finds place in the chest, larynx, pharynx and touches the teeth, lips, tongue, nose and palate. These eight organs produce all the letters which are born in different ways which can be known in a distinct manner when we learn the cause of production of sounds.- Chest (மார்பு mārbu)
- larynx (குரல்வளை kuralvaLai),
- pharynx (தொண்டை thoNdai)
- teeth (பல் pal), - lips (உதடு uthadu) tongue (நாக்கு nākku) position, - nose (மூக்கு Mūkku). and
- palate (அண்ணம் aNNam)
The origin of sound comes from four organs.
• Vowels(உயிர் எழுத்துக்கள்) and idayinam (இடயினம்) originates from larynx (குரல்வளை kuralvaLai).
• vallinam (வல்லினம்) comes from chest (மார்பு).
• mellinam(மெல்லினம்) comes from nose (மூக்கு Mūkku)
• Aayitha Ezhuthu (ஆய்த எழுத்து) comes from head (தலை thalai).
In the course of production, The twelve vowels are born by the air which finds place in the larynx.
Among the vowels, அ (a) ஆ(ā) are born because of the opening of the mouth.
இ(i), ஈ(ī), எ (e), ஏ(ē) and ஐ(ai) - - these five sounds are born in the same way; the sides of the tongue will touch the upper teeth.
உ(u), ஊ(ū), ஒ(o), ஓ(ō) and ஔ(au) – These five sounds are born because of the rounding of the lips.
The manner of producing each sound will differ a little.
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