Tamil Braille is the smallest of the Bharati braille alphabets.UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (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 க்Shown on the letter க ka ஃ Virama Visarga Braille

See also Tamil alphabet

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