Transliteration in Tamil

? Transliteration in Tamil

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The following scheme of transliteration was devised and used in WNTAMIL LaTeX font by Prof. Harold F. Schiffman. Our WebTamil transliteration program also supports this scheme, in addition to the other schemes.

The rationale behind using numbers for Tamil letters is as follows:

2 (two loop n) is used for ¨ because it is ×Àýà ßÃÕ Æ

3 (three loop n) is used for ý because it is ñá ßÃÕ º

5 is used for þ because this sound occurs in Çþß

6 is used for ± because this sound occurs in Èì

7 is used for ° because this sound occurs in Îê

8 is used for ¥ because this sound occurs in Í¥à

4 and 9 are used for øÓ and ª respectively for no specific reason.

	Vowels
Tamil Letter	Ç	È	É	Ê	Ë	Ì	Í	Î	Ï	Ð	Ñ	ÑÄ
Roman Choice	a	aa	i	ii	u	uu	e	ee	ai	o	oo	au
	Consonants
Tamil Letter	¡	õ	«	þ	¥	ý	¢	ÿ	¤	£	²	¯
Roman Choice	k	ng	c	5	8	3	t	n	p	m	y	r
Tamil Letter	§	¬	°	ª	±	¨	öÓ	øÓ	ùÓ	÷Ó	û
Roman Choice	l	v	7	9	6	2	s	4	h	j	0

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Click below or enter your message:	<font face="TamilNet"> \|va3akkam. taangka9 engka9atu tami7 valaikku varukai tantamaikku mikka na26i. inta valaiyil ko8ukkap pa88u99a paa8angka9 ungka9ukku pi8ittirukkum e26u nampuki6oom. intap paa8angka9il eetaavatu maa66am ceyyavee38um e26aaloo putiya paa8angka9 eetaavatu ceerkka vee38um e26aaloo niingka9 engka9ukku e7utalaam. \| <br><br> If you have installed the Tamil font in your machine, you should be reading the above in Tamil. If you don't read it in Tamil, please read the following tips. <br><br> 1) If you are a PC user, you have to unzip tamilnet.zip and copy tamilnet.ttf and tamilfix.ttf into c:\windows\system directory. Then from control panel in Windows, select font installation and `add' tamilnet and tamilfix fonts. When you open netscape, select options menu, click `font' and chose tamilnet under proportional font and tamilfix under fixed width font. <br><br> 2) If you are a MAC user, you need to binhex tamilnet.hqx and tamilfix.hqx and drag tamilnet font suitcases to font folder. When you open netscape, select tamilnet under propotional font and tamilfix under fixed width font. Press `apply' and `ok'. <font color="FF0000"> More importantly, </font> you need to select the option `user-defined' through `options' and 'document encoding'. This must be done every time you load netscape. <br><br><center><font color="FF0000" size=+3> \|tangka9atu inta varukai maki7vaa2ataaka irukka88um!\|</center>

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|va3akkam. taangka9 engka9atu tami7 valaikku varukai
tantamaikku mikka na26i. inta valaiyil ko8ukkap pa88u99a paa8angka9
ungka9ukku pi8ittirukkum e26u nampuki6oom. intap paa8angka9il eetaavatu
maa66am ceyyavee38um e26aaloo putiya paa8angka9 eetaavatu ceerkka vee38um
e26aaloo niingka9 engka9ukku e7utalaam. | If you have installed
the Tamil font in your machine, you should be reading the above in Tamil.
If you don't read it in Tamil, please read the following tips. 1)
If you are a PC user, you have to unzip tamilnet.zip and copy tamilnet.ttf
and tamilfix.ttf into c:\windows\system directory. Then from control
panel in Windows, select font installation and `add' tamilnet and tamilfix
fonts. When you open netscape, select options menu, click `font' and
chose tamilnet under proportional font and tamilfix under fixed width
font. 2) If you are a MAC user, you need to binhex tamilnet.hqx
and tamilfix.hqx and drag tamilnet font suitcases to font folder. When
you open netscape, select tamilnet under propotional font and tamilfix
under fixed width font. Press `apply' and `ok'. More
importantly, you need to select the option `user-defined' through
`options' and 'document encoding'. This must be done every time you load
netscape. <center> |tangka9atu inta
varukai maki7vaa2ataaka irukka88um!|</center>