I hate it when people mispronounce/misspell Yazhi. It's pronounced using the the most unique feature of the language - "zh" instead of "L" just like Tamil itself (it's actually Thamizh). The original wikipedia page:

https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0...

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srean 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound.

The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly the same.

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neya 21 minutes ago | parent [-]

Wow, I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing!

	▲	srean 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Marathi also has the ch vs ts thing. Similar issues turns up in transliterating Cyrillic -- Chebyshev vs Tschebyshev.

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shash 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm coming around to the idea that we _should_ really be using "l" or maybe "r" instead of "zh" for the ழ. At least it's closer in pronunciation and there's a chance someone can work their way to it. Zh is like "we don't have an exact match so we'll repurpose a letter we don't use". It has no phonetic relevance.

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kirubakaran 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Tamil is my mother tongue and I agree 100%. And like insisting that sentences shouldn't end with a preposition, or "you should say GNU/Linux, not Linux", it's no way to make friends and influence people.

Whenever someone says "actually", it's hard not to think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvw-E4OtOA

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neya 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

Sure, referencing a meme in a language relate discourse, should make people take you seriously /s

>About

> I pronounce my name as kroo-PAH-krun. In IPA it’s /kruːˈpɑːkrən/

Rules for thee, but not for me :))))

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zanthum 6 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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