02-09-2008, 03:41 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Feb 2 2008, 07:22 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Feb 2 2008, 07:22 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Also HH, is the "zha" unique to Tamizh and Malayalam as far as you know or did the other South languages have it but dropped it in course of time?
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BV,etc., I remember reading this somewhere on the web: the last alphabet in Telugu (called the bandee-raa) comes from the zha in Tamil. Today we pronounce it as identical to the "ra", but it was not always the case.
As always, please do not take my word as authoritative.
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BV,etc., I remember reading this somewhere on the web: the last alphabet in Telugu (called the bandee-raa) comes from the zha in Tamil. Today we pronounce it as identical to the "ra", but it was not always the case.
As always, please do not take my word as authoritative.