Friday, July 10, 2015

The Tamil Script

This is the third post from a series that examines linguistics of the Tamil language. In this post we take an introductory look at the script.

Like the sounds of Tamil, the letters are also divided into three categories உயிர் ('uyir' meaning life), மெய் ('mei' meaning body), and உயிர்மெய் ('uyirmei' meaning life-body).