Today I will teach you the Tamil alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Tamil letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Tamil contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
The following are the Tamil consonants:
| க் | [k] like kiss |
| ங் | [ṅ] like nice |
| ச் | [c] like cat |
| ஞ் | [ñ] like new |
| ட் | [ṭ] like top |
| ண் | [ṇ] like news |
| த் | [t] like time |
| ந் | [n] like noon |
| ப் | [p] like play |
| ம் | [m] like me |
| ய் | [y] like yes |
| ர் | [r] like ring |
| ல் | [l] like love |
| வ் | [v] like vast |
| ழ் | [ḻ] like rag |
| ள் | [ḷ] like look |
| ற் | [ṟ] like rice |
| ன் | [ṉ] like nine |
| ஶ் | [ś] like shiny |
| ஜ் | [j] like jam |
| ஷ் | [ṣ] like smile |
| ஸ் | [s] like sea |
| ஹ் | [h] like hot |
| க்ஷ் | [kṣ] like wax |
The following are the Tamil vowels:
| அ | [a] like act |
| ஆ | [ā] like mat |
| இ | [i] like lip |
| ஈ | [ī] like meat |
| உ | [u] like urge |
| ஊ | [ū] like tool |
| எ | [e] like egg |
| ஏ | [ē] like read |
| ஐ | [ai] like hi |
| ஒ | [o] like old |
| ஓ | [ō] like noon |
| ஔ | [au] like vowel |
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