Writing Tamil words using Baraha transliteration scheme is as easy as writing our names in English. For example, ���� ���Ƣ �ɢ�� can be written as tamizh mozhi iniyatu. The transliteration rules are shown below with examples.

See: Transliteration Examples

Vowels:

�=a, �=A,aa, �=i, �=I,ee, �=u, �=U,oo, �=e, �=E, �=ai, �=o, �=O, �=au,ou, �=H (Aytham)

Consonants:

�=k,K,kh,g,G,gh, �=~g

�=c,s,ch,C,Ch, �=~j

�=T,Th,D,Dh, �=N

�=t,th,d,dh, �=~n

�=p,P,ph,b,B,bh, �=m,M

�=y,Y, �=r, �=l, �=v,w, �=zh,Lx, �=L, �=R,rx, �=n

�=j,jh,J, �=sh, �=Sh, �=S, �=h,~h

�=kSha (k + Sh + a)

�=SrI (S + r + I)

Others:

Zero Width Joiner = ^

Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^

Punctuation Marks:

The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = | ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ @ # $ will translate into the same symbols in Tamil also.

Quotation Marks:

` ' characters are converted to single smart quotes (` ') characters. We can get double smart quotes (`` '') by using them twice.

~ Usage:

'~' character when used with other characters form a different character as shown below.

When a consonant character is used alone, it results in a dead consonant (��� ����).

When a consonant character is followed by a vowel character, it results in a live consonant (�¢���� ����).

ZWJ, ZWNJ characters:

^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)

^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)

If two English characters are making one Tamil vowel (ex: ai, ou), then, ZWJ or ZWNJ character can be used to separate them into different vowels.

Except for the above case, ZWJ and ZWNJ have no use in Baraha Tamil transliteration.

Independent Glyphs:

In some special cases, it may be required to show specific glyphs in the fonts. They can be obtained by specifying the hex value of the glyph code. This value should be in the range 0x0000 - 0xFFFF (0 - 65536). If the value is between 0x00 - 0xFF (0 - 255), then it represents the glyph code of a font. If the value is 0x100 - 0xFFFF (256 - 65536), then it represents a unicode character. In Baraha editor, the UNICODE characters are not supported and hence shown as '?' symbol. But, when the document is exported to UNICODE format, these UNICODE characters will be retained.

Roman Numerals:

All Baraha fonts have Indian language numerals in the place of roman numerals. For example, the "BRH Tamil" font has Tamil numerals. If roman numerals are required, you have to use either "BRH Tamil RN" font or <lang=eng> switch as shown below.

Tamil numerals can also be obtained by specifying the glyph codes from TSCII fonts as shown below.

See: Transliteration Examples