% test.tam -- test for tamil patterns % Jeroen Hellingman % last edit: 22-DEC-1992 \input tmlmacs \parindent=0pt a aa i ee u oo e E o O ai au ka NGa cha NYa ta Na tha nNa pa ma ya ra la va zha La Ra na ja sha sa ha ksha \bigskip The following is a typical poem by Mahakavi: \medskip {\obeylines `chiRu naNdu maNal meethu padam onRu keeRum chilavELai athai vanthu kadal koNdu pOkum kaRi choRu pothiyOdu tharukinRa pOthum kadal meethu ivaL koNda payam onRu kaaNum \medskip veRu vaana veLi meethu mazhai vanthu cheeRum veRi koNda puyal ninRu karakangaL aadum eRikinRa kadal enRu manitharkaL anjaar ethuvanthatheninenna athai venRu chelvaar\dots' } \medskip [from `puthiyathoru veedu', published in 1989] \bye