Tamil phonology
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Main article: Tamil language
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Tamil phonology is characterised by the presence of "true-subapical" retroflex consonants and multiple rhotic consonants. Its script does not distinguish between voiced and unvoiced consonants; phonetically, voice is assigned depending on a consonant's position in a word, voiced intervocalically and after nasals except when geminated.[1] Tamil phonology permits few consonant clusters, which can never be word initial.
The sentence literally means, "A poor old man slipped on a banana peel and fell sprawling." ("ஏழை கிழவன் வாழைப்பழத் தோல் மேல், சருசருக்கி வழுவழுக்கி கீழே விழுந்தான்.")
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