Tamil script
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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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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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Article
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.
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