Tamil Consonants

There are eighteen consonants in the Tamil Alphabet. These letters are broken up into three categories. I do not know these letters are broken up into categories or what these categories are called. On a later date, I will go looking through my old notes to find out what the categories are, what letter goes in which category.

மெய் அழத்துக்கள் is the Tamil way of writing consonants. It is also refereed to as body letters.

மெய் is pronounced mey

எழுத்துக்கள் is pronounced eluthukal

These are what the eighteen consonants look like and how to pronounce the sound they make:

Letter How to Pronunciation the Sound

1. க் ek
2. ங் eng
3. ச் ec
4. ஞ் eniya
5. ட் ed
6. ண் en
7. த் eth
8. ந் en
9. ப் ep
10. ம் em
11. ய் ey
12. ர் er
13. ல் el
14. வ் ev
15. ழ் el
16. ள் el
17. ற் er
18. ன் en

The following like will lead you to a website.This website has useful resources to help you with the sound pronunciation for each consonant:
http://www.southasia.sas.upenn.edu/tamil/consonants.html