View Unicode Tamil through Roman
transliteration
You can use the following form to practice writing Tamil
in Roman alphabet. Write your Romanized transliteration within two pipe symbols
as in |itu tami7| and |ingkee `tamizhil' ezutalaam.|.
You can check your input by clicking the transliteration
button. Use the following chart to choose the Roman equivalents for Tamil characters.
Tamil does not have a `standard' transliteration scheme for romanization, so you
can choose from a number of alternations given below, like long forms being represented
as a sequence of two same vowels (eg. ee) or by capital letter (E) and so on.
|
Vowels |
Tamil
Letter |
அ |
ஆ |
இ |
ஈ |
உ |
ஊ |
எ |
ஏ |
ஐ |
ஒ |
ஓ |
ஔ |
Roman
Choice |
a |
aa; A |
i |
ii; I |
u |
uu; U |
e |
ee; E |
ai |
o |
oo; O |
au |
|
Consonants |
Tamil
Letter |
க் |
ங் |
ச் |
ஞ் |
ட் |
ண் |
த் |
ந் |
ப் |
ம் |
ய் |
ர் |
Roman
Choice |
k |
ng |
c |
nj; 5 |
T; 8; d |
N; 3 |
t; th |
nd; n; n^ |
p |
m |
y |
r |
Tamil
Letter |
ல் |
வ் |
ழ் |
ள் |
ற் |
ன் |
ஸ் |
ஷ் |
ஹ் |
ஜ் |
sri |
க்ஷ |
Roman
Choice |
l |
v; W |
z; zh or 7 |
L; 9 |
R; 6 |
n2; 2 |
s; S |
sh; 4 |
h |
j |
0; sri |
ksh |
Tamil
Letter |
௧ |
௨ |
௩ |
௪ |
௫ |
௬ |
௭ |
௮ |
௯ |
௰ |
௱ |
௲ |
Roman
Choice |
B (1) |
C (2) |
F (3) |
G (4) |
H (5) |
J (6) |
K (7) |
M (8) |
P (9) |
Q (10) |
V (100) |
W (1000) |
Press the button named "Transliterate and view in Unicode
Tamil" to see the output of the text in the following text box. When you are ready to try your text, remove the text inside this text box, and paste or type yours in. Remember Tamil should be entered within two pipe symbols like |itu tamizh|. You can apply any HTML tags to Tamil, but be sure to keep the tag symbols out of the two pipe symbols.