Associating numbers with the specific consontants is called Major system Mnemonic.
| Number | Consonant | Remarks | Tamil Equivalent |
| 0 | Z and S | They have similar sound. | ஸ், ச |
| 1 | t, d, th | one down stroke of t | ட, த |
| 2 | n | n has two strokes | ன, ண |
| 3 | m | m has 3 strokes | ம |
| 4 | r | four | ர, ற |
| 5 | l | L represents 50 in Latin | ல, ள, ழ் |
| 6 | j, ch, sh | ஜ , ஞ | |
| 7 | c, k, g, q, ck | k looks like two 7 and sounds similar to c | க |
| 8 | f, v, ph | 8 looks like handwritten f and sounds similar to v | வ |
| 9 | p and b | p is like a mirror image of 9 | ப |
Mnemonic to remember Major system
Houston may really check if Bowie is Major Tom = 0123456789
Example
Let us try an example with the word Satellite to demonstrate how the Major System works: Ignore the vowels and rewrite as stlt using consonants only.
| Satellite | S = 0 | 0 |
| S | Vowel, ignored. | 0 |
| st | t = 1 | 01 |
| stl | ll = 5, no double letter | 015 |
| stlt | t = 1 | 0151 |
The complete Major Code for Satellite is 0151
Let us try saitechinfo. Drop the vowels s t ch n f = 01628
Let us try கணபதி in Tamil. 7391
ramnath (ராம்நாத் ) – rmnth – 4321
I was thrilled when I codify baba (99), saibaba (099), satyasaibaba (01099)!!
Uses of Major system
- Memorize phone numbers, passwords
- Remember birthdays
- Remember important terms
- coding and decoding
References
https://major-system.info/en/ https://thinkkniht.com/memory-tutorials/major-system/