From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: ADAMI transliteration scheme for posting articles in Tamil
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 01:43:12 GMT

[ Posted for Ravi Sinnarajah  ( ravi@socrates.umd.edu ) ]
              
-------------"aathami aangila<->thamizh urumaaRRu muRai"----------------

A Transliteration Methodology
[As adopted by ADAMI, "aaNGkila thamizh urumaatRup padimam" (V9.0)]
                       ^^       ^^^^^
			 \_______/
                             |
			     v
                         "aathami"

/* ADAMI: An English to Tamil Transliterator/WordProcessor (MS-DOS) */
______________________________________________________________________


The text is prepared using the standard ASCII code, as it would be
pronounced in English.
The letters b, ch, d, dh, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, sh, t, th,
v, x(ksha), y are pronounced as in English. The vowels and certain
alphabets should follow the phonetic convention shown below.
Note that with certain alphabets the upper case and lower case letters
have different phonetics.


Letter = Words (for/as in 'phonetic' pronunciation):
---------------------------------------------------

a = ammah (mother)         aa = aadu (goat)          i = ilai (leaf)
^   ^                      ^^   ^^                   ^   ^

ee = ee (fly)              u = ural (mortar)         oo = oosi (needle)
^^   ^^                    ^   ^                     ^^   ^^

e = eli (rat)              E = ENi (ladder)          ai = ainNthu (five)
^   ^                      ^   ^                     ^^   ^^

o = onRu (one)             O = Olai ('palm' leaf)
^   ^                      ^   ^

ow/au = auvaiyaar              "  o  "
^^ ^^   ^^                 q =   o o    ['ahkEnam' as in aqthu (that)]
                           ^                             ^


k/g = viLakku (lamp)       n/NG = chiNGkam (lion)    ch = poochi
^ ^       ^                ^ ^^      ^^              ^^    ^^
                                                            (insect)

n/NY = paNYchu (cotton)    t/d = chatti (pot)        n/N = kaN (eye)
^ ^^     ^^                ^ ^      ^                ^ ^     ^

th/dh = kaththi (knife)    n/nN = panNthu (ball)     p/b = kappal (ship)
^^ ^^     ^^               ^ ^^     ^^               ^ ^     ^

m = paampu (snake)         y/Y = naay (dog)          r = thEr ('temple
^      ^                   ^ ^      ^                ^      ^      car')


R = netRi (forehead)       l = palli ('lizard')      L = vaaL (sword)
^      ^                   ^     ^                   ^      ^

zh = yaazh ('lute')        v = auvvai ('mother')
^^      ^^                 ^     ^

h = hariharan              sh = pushpam              s = parasparam
^   ^   ^                  ^^     ^^                 ^       ^

x/ksh = lakshmi
^ ^^^     ^^^


Letter - Pronounciation (in English):
------------------------------------

a = Madhurai               aa = all                  i = pin
^    ^                     ^^   ^                    ^    ^

ee = peek                  u = Madhurai              oo = boot
^^    ^^                   ^       ^                 ^^    ^^

e = pen                    E = pane                  ai = Madurai
^    ^                     ^    ^                    ^^        ^^

o = one                    O = tone                  ow/au = cow
^   ^                      ^    ^                    ^^ ^^    ^^

zh = Thamizh               r = rank                  t = tank
^^        ^^               ^   ^                     ^   ^

th = thank
^^   ^^


Phonological Considerations:
---------------------------

Certain English consonant combinations are converted to Tamil
phonology.

For example:
-  'vetri' becomes "vetri" [for "victory" (in Tamil)] and not
   vet"ri" (the "ri" as in "sa ri ga ma pa da ni sa");
       ^^        ^^

-  'meengaL' becomes "meeNGaL" [ie. the letter(s) "NG" as in
   "neeNGal" (plural for "you" in Tamil)] and 'neengaL' becomes
   "neengaL" [as "you (in Tamil)"]; to get "meengal" [as "fishes"
   (in Tamil)] you should force the "na" by using 'meeNngal'
   instead of 'meengaL'.


Example:
(u/l'ed from "aathami")
-----------------------

\(TAMIL)

    kavithai: "Thamizhth thaay vaazhththu!"


    "neeraarum kadal uduththa
        nilamadanthaik kezhizholukum
     chEraarum vathanamena
        thikazh pAratha kandamithil
     thekkaNamum athil chiRantha
        thiraavidar nal thirunNaadum
     thakka chiRu piRai nuthalum thariththa
        naRunN thilakamumE
     aththilaka vaasanai pOl
        anaiththulakum inpamuRa
     eththisaiyum pukazh maNakka
        iruntha perunN thamizh aNankE
     kannadamuNG kaLithelungum
        kavin malaiyaaLamum thuLuvum
     un utharaththu uthith thezhunthu
        onRu pala aayidinum
     aariyam pOl ulaka vazhakkazhinN
        thozhinthu chithaiyaa - un
     cheeriLamaith thiRam viyandhu cheyal
        maRandhu vaazhththuthumE!"

     -- \I  "manOnmaNiyam" thE. ChuntharampiLLai.


nanRi: thiru. ki. srinivaasan ("aathami" kaNaNip poRi thattezhuththu
				vadivamaippup padima uruvaakkunar)
       [min-madal: srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca]

                                                              <sr|0592>
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