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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JULY, 1909.
Tamil kondai & taft of hair is gonde in Canarese and Tulu and gonda in Telugn.
(3) The final consonant took an enunciative , very short and only half-pronounced. All the languages were affected in various degrees.
(8) In Tamil, Malayalam and old Canarese, the final k, 6,!,!, p and the representative of Prim. Drav. d', io, é, dj or 8, took this final short .
(b) In Mid. and New Canarese the rest of the final consonants were also affected and took this .
(c) In Talu and Telugu all the final consonants end in v.
(d) In New Tamil and New Malayalam, there is a great tendency for all the other final consonants, except m to take this 4. Thus:-Ralstone'is kallu in New Tamil and New Malayalam.
IV. The developments of the Primitive Dravidian Consonants in its various dialoots
A.-The labials.
1. p. remains in all the languages :
Tamil
Malay.
Oun
Tola
Telugu.
payal
pagalu.
paga. padava.
pahal (day) ... 2 pahai (hate) ...
padaha (boat) pattu (ten) pul (tooth) palli (lizard) padu (sing) pál (milk) padai (army)
pabai (smoke) ... 11 paļu (worm) ...
.. paya
padaya
patta ... pal.. ... palli ... pada ...pal ... ...pada ... paya ...poļu
... pagala ...pagala
page ... page padaga padava ... pattu pattu
patta. ... palla para palla. ... palli ... palli .... balli. ... pada ... pada pâdu. ... pal(u) ... pêr ... ... påla. ...pade ... pade ...page ... page paga.
pala & puļu paru purnga.
... ...
...pa
banti.
panda ... pattti
batta.
paada (ball) ... patti (cloth) ... padil (exchange) pattai (a bit) ... pār (alive) .
padil
15 16
. ...
patte ...per
badulu. badda. baru.