Tamil Braille
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| Tamil Braille | |
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Print basis | Tamil Alpha bet |
| Languages | Tamil |
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Parent systems | Braille
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Tamil Brailleis the smallest of theBharati brailleAlpha bets.[1](For the general system and for punctuation, see that article.)
Alphabet
[edit]Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order.
| 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 |
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| க | ங | ச | ஜ | ஞ | ட | ண | த | ந | ப | ம | |
| ISO | k | ṅ | c | j | ñ | ṭ | ṇ | t | n | p | m |
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| 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 |
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The last two letters,⠰ṉand⠷ḻ,are shared withMalayalam,but otherwise⠰ṉis used for theanusvara(nasalization) in other Bharati Alpha bets, while⠷ḻis also used inUrdu Braillebut for the unrelated letterʻayn.
Codas
[edit]| Diacritic | க்[2] | ஃ |
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| Virama | Visarga | |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^UNESCO (2013)World Braille Usage,3rd edition.
- ^Shown on the letter கka