Grantha Letters

ஜ , ஸ , ஷ , ஹ are the Grantha letters.These are the letters used for writting Sanskrit words by Tamil speakers . ஸ்ரீ – Shri / Sri is a symbolic letter.

Vowel Markers:

In Tamil language , there are two forms of vowels.

1. Syllabic Form :

அ , ஆ , இ , ஈ , உ , ஊ , எ , ஏ , ஐ , ஒ , ஓ , ஔ , ஃ The vowels are used separately. Eg : ஓ (oo) – An exclamatory expression. ஈ (ii)-Fly

2. Abbreviated Form:

These are the vowel markers called uyir kuriyeedugal.

Vowel markers are combined with consonants as follows

	Follow the consonant
	Marked above the consonant
	Vowel marker for u/uu
	Precedes consonant
	Precedes and follows consonant

Uyir Mey Ezhuthukal

The combination of vowels and consonants is called Uyir Mey Ezhuthukal.They are combined using Abbreviated form/Vowel Markers( Uyir Kuriyeedugal).

Tamil alphabets chart