--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> Richard Wordingham wrote:
> > Spoken Tamil does have initial voiced stops - or so it is often
> > reported, e.g. look at
> > http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/book/chapter1/chapter1.html
> > and follow the link to voiced consonants.
>
> _Phonemic_ ones?

Yes. There wouldn't be much point in discussing them if they
weren't! On the other hand, I would not be surprised if /f/ were
marginal.

Richard.