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Letter y

CONTENTS: [ Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Writing Animation:
click on the letter-form label at left to open a pop-up window

The detached letter y: [palatal approximant] [SOUND]
A word-initial y:

friend

[SOUND]
yaaru
A word-medial y: after, behind [SOUND]
puThiyaan
* The consonant sound "y" never occurs at the end of a word. [see note below]

Note: when this letter occurs at the end of a word it always represents a vowel sound, either "ii" () or "e" (), but never "ai" () which does not occur at the end of a word. No words end with "y" as a consonant.

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the consonant [y], and is pronounced as the "y" in American English "yellow". This letter is also used to represent the vowels  [e] ,  [ii] and  [ai].

Exercises

1. Visual Discrimination Exercise

Click here for an interactive game

[make sure to close each pop-up window before opening the next one]

2. Writing Exercise

Print out the PDF file and follow the instructions to practice writing y: y.pdf