u/Unique_Phrase_7806

Tulu speakers remarked that 'āvākuḷu' seems to be made up of 'avvu' (that) + 'akulu' (they), which means the term is misplaced in the '*aw-ar' section. I've checked on the DEDR, and it lists 'ārů', which would be more correct. If you have more to edit/add, check in *aw-ar for Tulu

From what I know, Baybayin was mostly used in the north, where Tagalog would've been spoken, and I've heard that some Filipinos consider it a part Tagalog identity, and not necessarily a part of Philippine or other ethic groups' identities (outside what the gov is doing). I also know that variants were used in other parts of the region that were slightly different but were still Baybayin (according to Kristian Kabuay at least).

It might be a silly question, but I'm also curious as a foreigner what other people groups think about Baybayin and its part of Philippine identity.

Years ago in a restaurant with my fam and I wanted water, so I asked my mom "Thanni thaanga mudiyuma?", in which my fam laughed. I now know I technically said "Could you bear the water?" instead of "Could you give me the water?", but I swear to god I've heard 'thanga' used to mean 'give' by many people. I brought it up with my mom today, and she said that it should've "Thanni thaanga" or "Thaani tharunga mudiyuma?", but couldn't explain why.

So what's going on here? Was the mistake I made grammatical, or social- plus what's the actual difference between the two?

I've heard it's been used, but I haven't gotten a proper source for it. It's most likely used near the Kerala border, but I'd like if someone could corroborate on this

I've only ever seen in briefly mentioned here and there. Have any of you seen or used it for Kodava yourself, especially in the Kerala border?

It means 'free', as in 'free of charge' in literary Tamil (the colloquial word is ஓசி ōci), but the etymology is missing on Wiktionary. If you nerds know something or can edit the entry, pls do, thx~

I want to begin reading in Tamil, I want to start with easy stuff (preferably for kids). If you guys could suggest or even send any easy material like short stories, pictures books etc... online, that would be helpful

I'm making an Anki flashcard deck to learn the Thaana script, and I have the audio for all the characters except for one, that is ṇaviyani (ޱ). I know it's not used in the in the Northern dialects, but I still like to learn how it's pronounced, since it's used it the south. If anyone were to personally send me an audio file of how it's pronounced (sound and letter name) that would be appreciated, thx <3

I couldn't find it on the Tamil lexicon, or the combined dictionaries, as they are outdated, plus you had to pay to access the latest Cre-A dictionary- but I have the physical copy of the lasted edition of the, so I created the page and manually made a citation for it. Any corrections you'd like to make, you may do.

The word definably exists lol

Actual dictionary

I've added the font, but it has not change

I want to change the font made for this script called Dhives Akuru, which has a Unicode block for it, and a nicer font on Noto, but every time, but every time I try to add it, the bassline just raises instead of the actual characters. I've tried AI, but it doesn't seem to have a straight forward answer. Hope ya'll can help me if you can