Hi Friend,
I would like to learn Tamil in Sinhala. Your help is greatly appreciated!

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Dilip

Hi I would like to learn singhala language through tamil pls send me all documents.

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Niyas

Tamil... which is known as the most ancient of the world language, spoken by more than 70 million people around the world, including the India, Sri Lanka, the Malaysia and Singapore. It is very easy to study Tamil to those who speak Sinhala and other languages Indian subcontinent that Tamil and other languages of this region are co-existing so far.


12 vowels – 12 உயிர் எழுத்து (Uyir ezhuththu – Soul letters)

18 consonants – 18 மெய் எழுத்து (Mei ezhuththu – Body letters)

And a unique letter for Tamil – Aaytham ஆய்தம் = ஃ (not commonly used in spoken and written Tamil nowadays)

Tamil vowels – 12

அ = a (as in apple)

ஆ = aa (a as in father)

இ = i (i as in sit)

ஈ = ii (ea as in teach)

உ = u (u as in you)

ஊ = uu (oo as in too)

எ = e (e as in elephant)

ஏ = ae (a as in tank)

ஐ = ai (as eye)

ஒ = o (o as in on)

ஓ = oo (o as in open)

ஔ = au (au as in australia)

Consonants – 18

க் = k as in chalk

ங் = ng as in sing

ச் = ch as in search

ஞ் = nj – nch as in inch

ட் = d as in board

ண் = n as in under

த் = th as in teeth

ந் = n as in tenth

ப் = p as in deep

ம் = m as in team

ய் = y as in toy

ர் = r as in deer

ல் = l as in sell

வ் = v as in wave

ழ் = between ய்(y) and ள்(l), sounds like lea in pleasure.

ள் = l as in told

ற் – tr – t as in seat

ன் – n as in fan


Note that Tamil consonant letter ழ் is also an unique letter of Tamil which letter’s pronunciation is not in any world languages other than Malayalam. It sounds between “la” and “ya”. For Romanized writing purposes ழ is written as “zha” or “za”.

தமி”ழ்” – Thami”zh”(Tamil)

ப”ழ”ம் – Pa”zha”m (Fruit)

அ”ழ”கு – A”za”gu (Beauty)

So, remember, whenever we read or study Tamil in Romanized text, “zh”or “za” are always referred to “ழ”. Don’t be confused with the common pronunciation of Z.

(As a beginner, don’t worry about its pronunciation and for now, spell ழ as well as ள (la). Here is the actual pronunciation of ழ: youtube.com )



For example let’s take first consonant க் (k)

க் + அ = க
K + a = ka

க் + ஆ =கா
K + aa = kaa

க் + இ = கி
k + i = ki

க் + ஈ = கீ
K+ ii = kii

க் + உ = கு
K + u = ku

க் + ஊ = கூ
K + uu = kuu

க் + எ = கெ
K + e = ke

க் + ஏ = கே
K + ae = kae

க் + ஐ = கை
K + ai = kai

க் + ஒ = கொ
k + o = ko

க்+ ஓ = கோ
K + oo = koo

க் + ஔ =கௌ
K + au = kau

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