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Is there any words in Tamil which have independent vowels in the middle of the word? If not why?
Tamil have special combined letters as "vowels + consonants" ("உயிர்மெய் எழுத்து"). But I couldn't find a word which is having only "vowels" standalone in the middle. The independent vowels I am talking about.
Tamil vowels not appearing standalone other than first letter in word. It only comes associated with "consonants + vowels" ("உயிர்மெய் எழுத்து").
Yes, there are plenty. Here are some words of Tamil, which even gives a romanization. For instance puthagam, vengaayam where all of the vowels are in the middle (not at the beginning or the end). Some words have no vowels in the middle, for example oli (the only vowels are at the beginning or the end). If you mean exact middle, you'd have to define the unit of measurement. That might be "the exact center in a word in its conventional romanization, where the romanization has an odd number of letters" (e.g. sol). We need a clearer definition of "middle" if this doesn't satisfy you.
