Some vowels require the basic shape of the consonant to be altered in a way that is specific to that vowel. The combinant letters are formed by adding a vowel marker to the consonant.

The complete script, therefore, consists of the 31 letters in their independent form and an additional 216 combinant letters, for a total of 247 combinations ( உயிர்மெய்யெழுத்து uyirmeyyeḻuttu 'soul-body-letters') of a consonant and a vowel, a mute consonant, or a vowel alone. However, it is listed at the end of the vowel set. ஃ is pronounced as 'akku' or 'அக்கு' and is classified in Tamil grammar as being neither a consonant nor a vowel. The Tamil script has 12 vowels ( உயிரெழுத்து uyireḻuttu 'soul-letters'), 18 consonants ( மெய்யெழுத்து meyyeḻuttu 'body-letters') and one special character, the ஃ ( ஆயுத எழுத்து āyutha eḻuttu Tamil version of Visarga). Characteristics Diverging evolution of Tamil Brahmi script (center column) into the Vatteluttu alphabet (leftmost column) and the Tamil script (rightmost column) Certain minority languages such as Saurashtra, Badaga, Irula, and Paniya are also written in the Tamil script. තොරතුරු)) යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වෙන්නේ an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere to write the Tamil language, as well as to write the liturgical language Sanskrit, using consonants and diacritics not represented in the Tamil alphabet.Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. Sinhala Alphabet - සිංහල හෝඩිය is provided free for personal use.Ĭopyright (c) Altec Services All rights reserved.Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Older browsers only have partial functionality.

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You can set the audio volume by clicking the speaker icon. An audio element of the letter and an associated word will also accompany the selection of each letter. Or directly selecting a character from the list. You can navigate through the letters by clicking the arrow buttons, swiping the image in either direction The selected character set, comprising of 36 letters is generally recognised as fundamental to learning the Sinhala script To the alphabet of the Sinhala language (an official language of Sri Lanka). Sinhala Alphabet - සිංහල හෝඩිය app was a developed to provide an introduction

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