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Tamil Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Tamil alphabet
Languages	Tamil
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Tamil Braille

Tamil Braille is the smallest of the Bharati braille alphabets. (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	க்	ஃ
	Virama	Visarga
Braille

See also

• Tamil alphabet

References

1. UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
2. Shown on the letter க ka

• Bharati braille alphabets
• Tamil language