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Lesson 2: Tamil Alphabets | Tamil letters There are 247 alphabets in Tamil language. This includes 13 vowels and 18 consonants. The remaining alphabets are consonantal vowels which are the combinations of these vowels and consonants. If you feel that the huge number of the alphabets is overwhelming, relax and it will become very easy when we walk you through the rest of the lessons. To give you an overall picture of the alphabets, we have shown all the 247 alphabets in the chart below. In the chart, the alphabets in the first row are the vowels ( ), the ones in the right most column are the consonants ( just the combinations of these two. ), and all the rest are

Tamil Alphabets Chart To learn the pronunciation of the alphabets, mouse-over the alphabets, and a pop-up will show the correct English pronunciation. Follow the pronunciations in the English syllables marked in "RED" color.

a ka nGa sa Gna ta Na tha nha pa ma ya ra

aa kaa nGaa saa Gnaa taa Naa thaa nhaa paa maa yaa raa

i ki nGi si Gni ti Ni thi nhi pi mi yi ri

ii kii nGii sii Gnii tii Nii thii nhii pii mii yii rii

u ku nGu su Gnu tu Nu thu nhu pu mu yu ru

uu kuu nGuu suu Gnuu tuu Nuu thuu nhuu puu muu yuu ruu

e ke nGe se Gne te Ne the nhe pe me ye re

ae kae nGae sae Gnae tae Nae thae nhae pae mae yae rae

ai kai nGai sai Gnai tai Nai thai nhai pai mai yai rai

o ko nGo so Gno to No tho nho po mo yo ro

oa koa nGoa soa Gnoa toa Noa thoa nhoa poa moa yoa roa

ow kow nGow sow Gnow tow Now thow nhow pow mow yow row

q k nG s Gn t N th nh p m y r

 la va za La Ra na

laa vaa zaa Laa Raa naa

li vi zi Li Ri ni

lii vii zii Lii Rii nii

lu vu zu Lu Ru nu

luu vuu zuu Luu Ruu nuu

le ve ze Le Re ne je

lae vae zae Lae Rae nae

lai vai zai Lai Rai nai

lo vo zo Lo Ro no

loa voa zoa Loa Roa noa

low vow zow Low Row now

l v z L R n

Sanscrit Characters ja sha Sa ha ksha jaa shaa Saa haa kshaa ji shi Si hi kshi

( ) jii shii Sii hii kshii ju shu Su hu kshu juu shuu Suu huu kshuu

jae shae Sae hae kshae

jai

jo sho So ho ksho

joa shoa Soa hoa kshoa

jow show Sow how kshow

j sh S h ksh sri

she Se he kshe

shai Sai hai kshai

Special Character

Lesson 3 : Learn to read and write In this lesson, we will start with three Tamil consonants, with these letters simply because it is very easy to write them. , and their consonantal vowels, . We start

When we combine the vowel (which has the sound as in arrive, cut) with the consonants

and

, we get

the consonantal vowels , , and respectively. Pronunciation Refer to the table below to learn about the pronunciation and examples. Click on each letter to hear it read out for you. Equivalent Combination English pronunciation + cut, put tub, button

Letter Type Consonant Consonantal vowel

Consonant Consonantal vowel Consonant Consonantal vowel

+ +

shop, cup punch, power mum, poom mummy, much

Lesson 6: Learn Tamil Numbers It is really easy to learn Tamil numbers. The list below shows you the Tamil numbers you will encounter frequently. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 30 40 50 60 twenty twenty twenty eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty one two three thirty forty fifty sixty (irupatthu (irupatthu (irupatthu one two three four five six seven eight nine ten (onnu) (rendu) (moonu) (naalu) (anJu) (aaru) (yElu) (yettu) (onbathu) (pathu) (pathinonnu) (pannirendu) (pathimoonu) (pathinaalu) (pathinanJu) (pathinaaru) (pathinElu) (pathinettu) (patthonbathu) (irupathu) onnu) rendu) moonu) (mup-ppathu) (naap-pathu) (am-pathu) (aru-pathu)

TAMIL ONLINE LESSONS Lesson 1 : Introduction Lesson 2 : Tamil Alphabets Chart Lesson 3 : Learn to read and write Lesson 4 : Learn to read and write Lesson 5 : Learn to read and write Lesson 6 : Learn Tamil Numbers

70 80 90 100 200 300 1000 2000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 two two three

seventy eighty ninety one hundred thousand (rendu (pathu thousand million million (oru thousand one ten hundred hundred

(elu-pathu) (en-pathu) (thonnooru) (nooru) (eru (mun aayiram) latcham) latcham) kOdi) nooru) nooru) (aayiram)

one hundred

(oru

1,000,000,000 one thousand million, one billion (nooru kOdi) 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion (latcham kOdi)