Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s17.t2.4

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c26.s17.t2.4

The number of native words employing doubled consonants is more than that of such loanwords, especially in the Late Period and in the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions. Of special interest are pairs with and without doubling of consonants in adjoining inscriptions proving conclusively that the doubled consonants were present in the spoken language:

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