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.)
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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, ⠰ ṉ and ⠷ ḻ, are shared with Malayalam, but otherwise ⠰ ṉ is used for the anusvara (nasalization) in other Bharati alphabets, while ⠷ ḻ is only used in Urdu, for the unrelated letter ʻayn.
Codas[edit]
| Diacritic | த் [2] | ஃ |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
- ^ Shown on the letter க ka
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