Frame 14
(o): In its production the lips are rounded with considerable protrusion. The back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate. This is described as a mid, back, rounded, short vowel. It occurs initially and medially only.
In Tamil there are separate scripts for short (o) and long (oo). The letter given above is short one and pronounced as in in the English word pollution.
Copy the letter three times (see Appendix I for hand-movements).
Read the following words.