Tamil Letters

Let's now learn the Tamil letters. Knowing these characters will allow you to read and write commonly used expressions and words with ease.

The following are the Tamil consonants:

க்	[k] --> as in kiss
ங்	[ṅ] --> as in nice
ச்	[c] --> as in cat
ஞ்	[ñ] --> as in new
ட்	[ṭ] --> as in top
ண்	[ṇ] --> as in news
த்	[t] --> as in time
ந்	[n] --> as in noon
ப்	[p] --> as in play
ம்	[m] --> as in me
ய்	[y] as in yes
ர்	[r] --> as in ring
ல்	[l] --> as in love
வ்	[v] --> as in vast
ழ்	[ḻ] --> as in rag
ள்	[ḷ] --> as in look
ற்	[ṟ] --> as in Romania
ன்	[ṉ] --> as in nine
ஶ்	[ś] --> as in shiny
ஜ்	[j] --> as in jam
ஷ்	[ṣ] --> as in smile
ஸ்	[s] --> as in sea
ஹ்	[h] --> as in hot
க்ஷ்	[kṣ] --> as in wax

The following are the Tamil vowels:

அ	[a] --> as in act
ஆ	[ā] --> as in mat
இ	[i] --> as in lip
ஈ	[ī] --> as in meat
உ	[u] --> as in Uzbakistan
ஊ	[ū] --> as in tool
எ	[e] --> as in egg
ஏ	[ē] --> as in read
ஐ	[ai] --> as in hi
ஒ	[o] --> as in old
ஓ	[ō] --> as in noon
ஔ	[au] --> as in vowel

The above letters in Tamil should allow you to read and write the following pages with much ease: popular phrases in Tamil, Tamil homepage, or Tamil Grammar. Tamil quiz and flashcard can also be found on our homepage.

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