Tamil Braille | |
Type: | Alphabet |
Languages: | Tamil |
Fam1: | Braille |
Fam2: | English Braille |
Fam3: | Bharati Braille |
Print: | Tamil alphabet |
Sample: | Tamil_braille_sample.png |
Note: | none |
Tamil Braille is the smallest of the Bharati braille alphabets.[1] (For the general system and for punctuation, see that article.)
Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order.
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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 | |
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.