Re: ullipAya padyam :) -Reply
Nasy Sankagiri (narayans@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu)
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 16:58:45 -0500
>Nasy writes:
>>In long gone days, there was a letter in Telugu which had
>>similar pronunciation to the Tamil 'zh'. This letter was found in some
>>stone inscriptions ( I read this in some book, which I forgot). It was
>>discontinued later, and I am not sure if it degenerated into the present
>>day 'sha' or 'ya'.
>
>This reminds me of the lubDhAvaDhAnulu's speech which ends in "sha".
>Any theories on this ?
>
>Regards
>Madan Mohan
Oh, no. That 'sha' has nothing to do with 'zh' of Tamizh. That was just the
way the Brahmin crowd of that region used to speak - substituting sha for
'Ta'.
Nasy