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% test.tam -- test for tamil patterns
% Jeroen Hellingman
% last edit: 22-DEC-1992
\input tmlmacs
\parindent=0pt
<tamil>
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
</tamil>
\bigskip
The following is a typical poem by Mahakavi:
\medskip
{\obeylines
<tamil>
`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'
</tamil>
}
\medskip
[from <tamil>`puthiyathoru veedu'</tamil>, published in 1989]
\bye
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