Liquids in Tamil

Tamil is unusual among the world's languages in that some of its dialects have five liquids. The paper focuses on the articulatory characterization of these sounds, with the ultimate goal of modeling their production dynamics and articulatory acoustic mappings. Articulatory data were obtained using different techniques: palatography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetometer (EMMA). The study illustrates the use of multiple techniques for investigating both static and dynamic articulatory characteristics.