Tamil Braille

Bharati braille alphabet

Tamil Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Tamil alphabet
Languages	Tamil
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Tamil Braille

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Tamil Braille is the smallest of the Bharati braille alphabets.^[1] (For the general system and for punctuation, see that article.)

Alphabet

Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order.

Print	அ	ஆ	இ	ஈ	உ	ஊ	எ	ஏ	ஐ	ஒ	ஓ	ஔ
ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ē	ai	o	ō	au
Braille

Print	க	ங	ச	ஜ	ஞ	ட	ண	த	ந	ப	ம
ISO	k	ṅ	c	j	ñ	ṭ	ṇ	t	n	p	m
Braille

Print	ய	ர	ல	ள	வ	ஶ	ஷ	ஸ	ஹ	க்ஷ	ற	ழ	ன
ISO	y	r	l	ḷ	v	ś	ṣ	s	h	kṣ	ṟ	ḻ	ṉ
Braille

The last two letters, ⠰ ṉ and ⠷ ḻ, are shared with Malayalam, but otherwise ⠰ ṉ is used for the anusvara (nasalization) in other Bharati alphabets, while ⠷ ḻ is also used in Urdu Braille but for the unrelated letter ʻayn.

Codas

Diacritic	த் [2]	ஃ
	Virama	Visarga
Braille

See also

• Tamil alphabet

References