Tamil

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This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Tamil language using the Tamil script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with tamil as the main language (assuming luatex, which is the recommended engine, and babel ≥24.14, although it may work with previous versions).

\documentclass[tamil]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}{FreeSerif}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ தமிழ்

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

Digits $=$ \localenumeral{digits}{0123456789}

\end{document}