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**9mm_fan** · 02-23-2006, 03:21 AM

According to Nannuul, "cha" and its cognates can occur as the first letter in any word.

According to Tolkaappiyam, it does not occur as the first letter in combination with vowels "a", "ai" and "au".

But there are many Sangam poems, in which the Tolkappiyam rule was not followed.

This is one of the many reasons to conclude that Tolkappiyam preceded all or almost all Sangam poems, according to linguistic research done by Prof. (Dr) R. Seenivasan, "Linguistics" publ. by Mullai Nilayam, 9, First Street, Bharathi Nagar, Chennai.

02-23-2006, 03:21 AM	#7
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 54 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	According to Nannuul, "cha" and its cognates can occur as the first letter in any word. According to Tolkaappiyam, it does not occur as the first letter in combination with vowels "a", "ai" and "au". But there are many Sangam poems, in which the Tolkappiyam rule was not followed. This is one of the many reasons to conclude that Tolkappiyam preceded all or almost all Sangam poems, according to linguistic research done by Prof. (Dr) R. Seenivasan, "Linguistics" publ. by Mullai Nilayam, 9, First Street, Bharathi Nagar, Chennai.
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