Tamil for beginners

Hello! My name is Arun. Since I was a child, I have tried and failed to learn Tamil, the language of my ancestors. There are so few resources for spoken Tamil that it is hard to begin and even harder to continue. But with the love and encouragement of my wonderful Tamil-speaking wife, I finally broke through.

This site contains some of the resources I made for my own studies. I want to improve and polish what's here, but only if there is enough interest and commitment to make the effort worthwhile. If you want more, please join my mailing list!

Current resources:

• Sounds — A short guide to the sounds of spoken Tamil and how to pronounce them.
• Words — More than 1500 Tamil words grouped by category with simple definitions.