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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JULY, 1909.
Can,
(3) Pr. Dravidian final o remains :Tamil.
Mol. 1 pô (go) ... ... ... ... pô ...
Tur.
Tolugu.
Telugu.
Can. ... hôgn
Tala. ....
.
XIV• The Primitive Dravidian long front æ develops into yā, ā and ē, Telaga as a rule has e ; Canarese and Tala bave 2 and ā; Malayalam has mostly a and in a few cases has ē; Tamil has ya and ā; ya is characteristic of old Tamil and old Canarese. It is to be noted that y in yā shows the front character of the original vowel. Examples are :
Tamil.
Mal.
Can.
Taļa.
Telugu.
...
ādu...
..
...
...ādu... ..ada...
...
ūdu ... ..........
asu...
(n)du. ēru. enaga.
ānse...
āne...
yāļu, āda (gost)... yandu, anda (year) yāsu, āra (river)... yānai, ānai (elephant)
āmai (turtle) ... 6 āļaha (to rale) ... 7 yår, år (who) ... 8yakkai (body) ...
amæ
ame, ēve
...
āļuya
ela.
är ...
..
ēra, everu.
...ar, yar
......
...
etstri
Xy-. The Primitive Dravidian long front nasalised had different developments. Sometimes it lost its nasalisation and developed into 7 or yā, the y showing here the front character of a. Sometimes the nasalisation was preserved, but its front character was lost as in the development nā. Ia some cases both were preserved as in ne; only here the fronting was greater than in Pr. Dravidian. Again its front character and Dasalisation were represented as in nā. To sum up. Pr. Dravidiano ya Cold Tamil).
nã (New Tamil ). d ía (old Tamil).
na ( Malayalam ).
ni (Canarese. ) and ne s nē (Tala ) and yao A nē, (Telngo) andri,
Anna
