CONSONANTS

மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் (body letters)
(Consonants)

 (Page 12 -13 of the ebook)

There are 18 consonants in Tamil. All the consonants have a dot on its top.

Consonants are classified into:

1. வல்லினம்” (Vallinam) - க், ச், ட், த், ப், ற். (hard consonants)

2. மெல்லினம்” (Mellinum) - ங், ஞ், ண், ந், ம், ன். (soft consonants - nasal consonants)

3. இடையினம்” (Idaiyinum) - ய், ர், ல், வ், ழ், ள். (medium consonants)

You can download from here the entire book for learning Tamil scripts. An applet showing the stroke order for the scripts can be downloaded from here.

Note: You need Java to view the applet. Unzip the zip file and open the "Tamil.html" file to view the applet. Click on the script to view the writing pattern. The audio icons seen in the image below will not work and it will work in the ebook provided.