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29.0.50; Add new customisable phonetic Tamil input method

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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 56323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56323: 29.0.50; [v2] Add new customisable phonetic Tamil input method
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:34:05 +0530

[சனி ஜூலை 02, 2022] समीर सिंह Sameer Singh wrote:

> There is indeed a principle behind the ordering of letters in Indian
> languages taken from Sanskrit, and AFAICT Tamil also follows it.
>
> க் ங்
> ச் ஞ்
> ட் ண்
> த் ந்
> ப் ம்
>
> If we look at it rowwise, the first row is the velar consonants, then the
> palatal then retroflex then dental then labial. If you notice here, we are
> gradually moving from the back of the mouth to the front!
>

Aha!  I never noticed this, thanks for this interesting info.  It was
just an order for me just like A B C D ... etc.

> If we look at it columnwise the first column consists of unvoiced/voiced
> consonants and the second column consists of nasals.
>
> Then come the semivowels
> ய் ர் ல் வ் ழ் ள்
>
> After that
> ற் ன்
>

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