English to Tamil Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout English and Tamil
English is a Germanic language (Indo-European family), spoken in countries around the world; in India it is used alongside Hindi for the official work of the Union government, in courts and in higher education. It is written in the Latin alphabet: an alphabet in which vowels and consonants are separate letters.
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language, from the language family of South India, spoken in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and also Sri Lanka and Singapore, where it is an official language. It is written in the Tamil script: it has 12 vowels and 18 consonants, and a dot above a consonant (pulli) shows that it has no vowel. About 6.9 crore (69 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
How English and Tamil compare
- English is written in the Latin alphabet and Tamil in the Tamil script, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- English and Tamil come from different language families (Germanic and Dravidian), so most words have no shared root.
- English usually puts words in the order subject–verb–object; Tamil uses subject–object–verb, with the verb at the end, so sentences are reordered in translation.
| English | Tamil | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Latin alphabet | Tamil script |
| Letters | A B C D E F G H | அ ஆ இ ஈ உ க ங ச |
| Hello | Hello | வணக்கம் |
| Thank you | Thank you | நன்றி |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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How much English text can I translate?
Up to 5,000 characters at a time, as many times as you like, free of charge.
Is my text private?
In Chrome and Edge on a computer, the English text is translated on your own device and never leaves it.
What do I need to translate?
Chrome or Edge on a computer. The first English to Tamil translation downloads the language once; after that it is instant.
Do English and Tamil use the same script?
No. English uses the Latin alphabet and Tamil uses the Tamil script.
How do I type in Tamil?
Use a Tamil keyboard layout such as Tamil99, Bamini. Typing Buddy has free step-by-step lessons and typing tests for it, linked on this page.