Question

how snd when we should use ண and ன

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Answer 1

Answer:

The letters ன and ண are distinguished as follows when speaking:

ன is an alveolar sound and the tongue does not curl and retract much. The sound is almost same as English n. The letter ண , on the other hand, is a characteristic retroflex sound where the tongue curls up and retracts significantly and the tip of the tongue touches the roof of your mouth, the palate. If we denote ன as n and the ண as ṇ (n with a dot underneath it).

The word paṉi (பனி) would mean dew, snow etc. whereas with the retroflex paṇi (பணி) would mean ' a job'. Since the n with an underdot it difficult to see, the retroflex ண is also denoted as Na with a capital N. Similarly the word panam means a 'palm tree', whereas paNam means 'money'. So if you ask for money and if you don't say it correctly, then they may think you are asking for a tree!! So the sound difference is very important and numerous words are distinguished with this 'phonemic' variation. Both these consonants can not come at the beginning of any Tamil word. However rarely some onomatopoeic words can have the retroflex ண at the beginning (it is not considered a proper Tamil word). For example, to denote the 'supposed sound of' hitting someone's head (the word used here is குட்டு, kuTTTu) with a knuckle as a punishment , people would occasionally say 'ணங்' (ணங்கென்று குட்டினான் ṇaṅkeṉṟu kuṭṭiṉāṉ = he hit (with knuckle on the head) with Nang 'sound').

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