I have been working on Video Lesson 5 from The Tamil Language in Context page produced by the University of Pennsylvania and the South Asian Language Center.
I can read the text, but following along is so hard! I am trying to listen to and read each line together. I listen to a line, go back, listen again, read the line, try to say it myself, listen again. What I especially like about their page is that I can toggle between written Tamil, spoken Tamil and the English translation, but even so, sometimes the pronunciation sounds different than what is written under "spoken Tamil."
My pronunciation notes below the cut. These are not formal transliterations, instead, what the word sounds like to me.
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Tamil pronunciation is hard for me since the vowel sounds are a little off from what I would expect. For example "a" "அ" is more like the u in "cut." I have been finding some resources for working on this.
The book, First Steps in Tamil teaches the writing system and has some pronunciation tips along the way.
The book, Tamil Self Taught, does not use the writing system except in the introduction, but does give both a transliteration and a pronunciation for lists of words English-Tamil.
The book, First Steps in Tamil teaches the writing system and has some pronunciation tips along the way.
The book, Tamil Self Taught, does not use the writing system except in the introduction, but does give both a transliteration and a pronunciation for lists of words English-Tamil.
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