Tamil script

Also known as Taml, Chola-Pallava script, Tamil

script that contains ancient tamil letters and use to write tamil letters/language

AI overview

Tamil script is a writing system used to write the Tamil language, one of the major languages spoken in southern India and other regions. It contains a set of letters developed over centuries that allow Tamil speakers to record and communicate their language in written form.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 1,324 inbound references to Tamil script, and connects out to Georgian scripts, Ulu scripts and Tamil Sangams.

Vinony files it under Brahmic scripts, Scripts with ISO 15924 four-letter codes and Tamil language.

Vinony links it to 53 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Script type: Abugida
Period: c. 400 CE – present
Direction: Left-to-right
Languages: Tamil , Kanikkaran , Badaga , Irula , Paniya , Saurashtra
Parent systems: Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi script Tamil Brahmi Pallava script Tamil
Sister systems: Grantha , Old Mon , Khmer , Cham , Kawi
Iso 15924: Taml (346) , Tamil
Unicode alias: Tamil
Unicode range: U+0B80–U+0BFF Tamil U+11FC0–U+11FFF Tamil Supplement

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Wikidata facts

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Unicode range: U+11FC0-11FFF
Commons category: Tamil script
start time: 0300-00-00
name: tamoul
native label: தமிழ்
inception: 0400-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. Certain minority languages such as Saurashtra, Badaga, Irula and Paniya are also rendered in the Tamil script.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tamil script” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.