Standardisation of Tamil script includes various attempts in the past as well as ongoing attempts to uniformalise theTamil script.
Tamil-Brahmi is considered to be the earliest script used to write theTamil language. This was replaced byVattezhuttu, possibly due towriting on palm-leaves. The relationship betweenVattezhuttu andTamil-Brahmi are inconclusive.[1]
The Pallava court ofMahendravarman I[2] replacedVattezhuttu with two scripts:Tamil script andPallava grantha to writeTamil andSanskrit respectively.[3]Pallava grantha was also divided into early and late forms. Late Pallava grantha is the precursor to theKawi script.[4] Although, whether theTamil script emerged during thePallava dynasty or indeed fromTamil-Brahmi is contested among scholars.[5]
In hisTonnūḷ Viḷakkam, he differentiated between elongated and shortened vowel sounds in theTamil script. For instance, 'எ' used to be written for both 'e' and 'é' beforeVeeramamunivar who introduced 'ஏ'. He brought about எ, ஏ, ஒ and ஓ.[6]
The Tolkāppiyam use of thepuḷḷi, which had fallen into disuse was revived by Veeramamunivar.[7]
The government ofTamil Nadu introduced some reforms in the script in order to simplify it.
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