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Learn Thamizh from the alphabet up, read stories and rhymes for children, and meet Tamil literature and its authors, from the Thirukkural and Aathichudi to the writers of today.
Learn Thamizh தமிழ் கற்போம்
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Tamil alphabetதமிழ் எழுத்துகள்12 vowels, 18 consonants, the aytham and all 216 combined letters.
Numbersஎண்கள்Count in Tamil, the traditional Tamil numerals, large numbers and fractions.- சொEveryday wordsசொற்கள்6 word lists: greetings, family, colours, days, months and food.
- பProverbs & idiomsபழமொழிகள், மரபுத்தொடர்கள்60 proverbs, 40 idioms and 20,718 sayings to search.
Stories கதைகள்
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Popular Literature புகழ்பெற்ற இலக்கியங்கள்
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Authors ஆசிரியர்கள்
Every author, by work →- Thiruvalluvarதிருவள்ளுவர்Post-Sangam, broadly c. 300–600 CE; individual dates debatedThirukkuralSee the works →
- Ilango Adigalஇளங்கோ அடிகள்Classical to early medieval; dates debatedSilappathikaramSee the works →
- Manikkavasagarமாணிக்கவாசகர்c. 600–1200 CE; collected laterThiruvasagam, ThirukkovaiyarSee the works →
- Andalஆண்டாள்c. 600–900 CE; collected laterThiruppavai, Nachiyar ThirumozhiSee the works →
- Kambarகம்பர்c. 12th–17th centuryKamba RamayanamSee the works →
- Arunagirinatharஅருணகிரிநாதர்15th centuryThiruppugazh, Kandhar Alangaram, Kandhar AnubhuthiSee the works →
- Avvaiyarஔவையார்Aathichudi, Kondrai Vendhan, Moothurai and 1 moreAbout the author →
- Subramania Bharathiyarசுப்பிரமணிய பாரதியார்Puthiya Aathichudi, Pappa Pattu, Kannan Pattu and 3 moreSee the works →
- Bharathidasanபாரதிதாசன்Early to mid-20th centuryKudumba Vilakku, Pandiyan Parisu, Azhagin Sirippu and 1 moreSee the works →
- Kalki Krishnamurthyகல்கி கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்திMid-20th centuryPonniyin Selvan, Sivagamiyin Sabatham, Parthiban Kanavu and 1 moreSee the works →