ਮ - ਮੱਮਾ - Mammaa - thirtieth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet.
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Mammaa |
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| Shape: |
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ਮ |
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| Spelling: |
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ਮੱਮਾ |
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| Sound: |
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'm' as the 'm' in the word 'me' when you say it out aloud. |
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| Type: |
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Consonant |
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| Mouth: |
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Make a 'm' shape with your mouth |
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| Tongue: |
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Kept out of the way. |
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| Soft Palette: |
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Allowing air to pass into your nose |
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| Lips: |
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together |
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| Vocal Chords: |
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Used |
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| Aspirated: |
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No |
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| Confusion: |
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ਸ ਮ ਅ |
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| Reading: |
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When you first start, there is a fair chance that you might confuse ਸ with ਮ and ਅ. Remember the bar across the top in the case of ਸ and that ਮ has no structure in the middle whereas ਅ has (when you write ਅ, it is more 'loopy' than the printed version). |
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| Writing: |
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The same confusion as with reading. You'll need to take a bit of care with this one - don't get into the habit of writing a series of letters and then writing a line across the top of them all - do the letters, one at a time and this will pay off when you don't turn a ਮ into a ਸ. |
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