Tamil
Also known as
- Tamil Script
The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி "Tamil alphabet", or வட்டெழுத்து "rounded writing") is a Vatteluttu script that is used to write the Tamil language. With the use of special diacritic to represent aspirated and voiced consonants not represented in the basic script, it is also used to write Saurashtra and, by Tamils, to write Sanskrit.
The Tamil script has twelve vowel (உயிரெழுத்து "soul-letters"), eighteen consonant (மெய்யெழுத்து "body-letters") and one character, the āytam (ஆய்தம்),...
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Language
| ISO 15924 code |
- Taml
| type of writing |
| languages |
| used from |
- 700 C.E.
| used until |
| child writing systems |
| parent writing systems |
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