Punjabi to Tamil Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout Punjabi and Tamil
Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European family), descended from the same roots as Sanskrit, spoken in Punjab in India (written in Gurmukhi) and Punjab in Pakistan (written in the Perso-Arabic Shahmukhi script). It is written in Gurmukhi: it has 35 basic letters (paintee), a line across the top, and vowel signs added to consonants. About 3.3 crore (33 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
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 Punjabi and Tamil compare
- Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi and Tamil in the Tamil script, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- Punjabi is Indo-Aryan and Tamil is Dravidian: the grammar and most everyday words differ, although both use words that come from Sanskrit.
- Both usually put words in the order subject–object–verb, with the verb at the end, which keeps sentences close in shape.
| Punjabi | Tamil | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Gurmukhi | Tamil script |
| Letters | ੳ ਅ ੲ ਸ ਹ ਕ ਖ ਗ | அ ஆ இ ஈ உ க ங ச |
| Hello | ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ | வணக்கம் |
| Thank you | ਧੰਨਵਾਦ | நன்றி |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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Do Punjabi and Tamil use the same script?
No. Punjabi uses Gurmukhi and Tamil uses the Tamil script.
How do I type in Tamil?
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