Lesson 3 of 410 min
உயிர்மெய் - 18 x 12 = 216
How a compound letter is built
Take a consonant, remove the புள்ளி, and add a vowel mark. That is a உயிர்மெய் letter. Because there are 18 consonants and 12 vowels, there are exactly 216 of them.
க் + ஆ = கா
த் + இ = தி
The whole alphabet: 247 letters
12 vowels + 18 consonants + 216 compounds + 1 aytham (ஃ) = 247.