Transliteration
Use the following key to transliterate from Tamil to English or vice versa.
| Tamil Consonants | English Transliteration | |
| க | k / g | |
| ங | ṅ / ng | |
| ச | c / ch / s / sh | |
| ஞ | ñ / nj | |
| ட | ṭ / T / t | |
| ண | ṇ / N | |
| த | t / th | |
| ந | n | |
| ப | p | |
| ம | m | |
| ய | y | |
| ர | r | |
| ல | l | |
| வ | v | |
| ழ | l / zh / z | |
| ள | ḷ / L | |
| ற | ṟ / R | |
| ன | ṉ / n | |
| Tamil Vowels | English Transliteration | |
| அ | a | |
| ஆ | ā / A / aa | |
| இ | i | |
| ஈ | ī / I / ii | |
| உ | u | |
| ஊ | ū / U / uu | |
| எ | e | |
| ஏ | ē / E / ee | |
| ஐ | ai | |
| ஒ | o | |
| ஓ | ō / O / oo | |
| ஔ | au | |
| Grantha Letters | English Transliteration | |
| ஜ் | j | |
| ஷ் | ṣ / ś / sh | |
| ஸ் | s | |
| ஹ் | h | |
| க்ஷ் | kṣ / kś /ksh | |
| ஸ்ரீ | sri / shri |