मुक्त ज्ञानकोश विकिपीडिया से
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tamil pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. See Tamil phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Tamil.
Consonants
IPA
Tamil
English equivalent
b ப
ab ash
β வ
v an to w ater
d̪
த
ad o (closer to French d )
ɖ ட
guard
dʒ ஜ[ 1]
hedg e
ð
த
oth er
ɡ க
ag ate
h க
h ead (final only)
j ய
y ak
k க
sc an
l̪ ல
l eaf
ɭ ள
curl
m ம
m uch
n̪ ந
ten th
n ன
n ot
ɳ ண
burn er
ɲ ஞ
cany on
ŋ ங
ban k
p ப
sp an
r ற
trilled r
ɾ̪ ர
(US) ladd er
ɽ ட
(US) lard er
ɻ ழ
morr ow
s ச
s ue
t̪
த, ற
st able (closer to French t )
ʈ ட
art
tʃ ச
catch
ʋ வ
between w and v
x ஃ
loch
Vowels
IPA
Tamil
English equivalent
aː
ஆ
Spanish or French a to English bra
eː
ஏ
between ye ll and Ya le
ɛ
எ
ye ll
ə அ
nu t
əj ஐ
ki te
əʋ ஔ
hou se (Canada)
iː
ஈ
fee t
ɪ இ
di ll
oː
ஓ
o ld
ɔ
ஒ
law
uː
ஊ
loo t
ʊ உ
loo k
ɯ உ
penci l
̃
-ம, -ன
nasal vowel
↑ This letter does not belong to Tamil script. But widely accepted as an ad-hoc from Grantha script ( See Usage of other lingual consonants in Tamil script ). This sound may be replaced by ச (as in s ) in pure Tamil, which is not an accurate phonetic representation.
