Tamil Alphabet
The letters and characters of Tamil written in the Tamil script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 90,608,137 people read or write it across 8 countries.
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Tamil — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page.
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Tamil is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Tamil in the Tamil script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| India | 83,138,670 | 5.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 3,297,390 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 2,190,691 | 3.2% |
| Malaysia | 1,451,722 | 4.2% |
| Canada | 252,166 | 0.65% |
| Singapore | 126,598 | 2.1% |
| Réunion | 118,138 | 15% |
| Mauritius | 32,762 | 2.5% |
Tamil — facts
| Font coverage | 10 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 47 standard characters; 3 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Tamil |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Tamil, General Punctuation |
| People | About 90,608,137 people read or write Tamil in the Tamil script — mostly in India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada. |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.