[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c27.s3.t2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.t2: 7.2.2 Consonants (mey) Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.t2 - **Language:** English ### 7.2.2 Consonants (mey) ### [c27.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.1) | | Stops (\*valliṉam\*) | Nasals (\*melliṉam\*) | Liquids (\*iṭaiyiṉam\*) | | Velar | \*k\* | \*ṅ\* | | | Palatal | \*c\* | \*ñ\* | \*y\* | | Retroflex | \*ṭ\* | \*ṇ\* | \*ḷ\* \*ḻ\* | | Alveolar | \*ṟ\* | \*ṉ\* | \*r\* \*l\* | | Dental | \*t\* | \*n\* | | | Labial | \*p\* | \*m\* | \*v\* | ### [c27.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.2) The velar nasal \*ṅ\* occurs in the Corpus only as an allophone of \*m\* before \*-k\* in sandhi. (e.g.) \*peruṅkaṭuṅkōṉ\* (\*perum\* + \*kaṭum\* + \*kōṉ\*) 'a personal name' (61.9). --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2) · Pramāṇa