\documentclass[11pt]{article} % User Documentation for the Itrans Package % The Tamil Language Transliteration Table \usepackage[preprocess]{itrans} % Ross Moore's extensions to latex2html \usepackage{html} % from standard latex2html package % if you do not have html.sty in your machine, change the html to % htmlstub (htmlstub.sty is included in the ITRANS/lib directory) \portraitpage % defined in itrans.sty (idevn.tex), get a larger page size \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} \newcommand{\rarrow}{\mbox{---\hspace{-8pt}$>$}} \newcommand{\ST}{\char35 tamil} \newcommand{\ET}{\char35 endtamil} \newfont{\cmt}{cmtt12} \newfont{\cmts}{cmtt9} \newfont{\tmlb}{wntml12} \newfont{\tmls}{wntml10} \hyphenchar\tmlb=-1 % disable hyphenation using this font \hyphenchar\tmls=-1 % disable hyphenation using this font #tamilifm=wntml.ifm #tamilfont=\tmlb \begin{document} \footnotetext[0]{Last modification: \today} \centerline{\LARGE\bf Transliteration Map} \medskip \centerline{\LARGE\bf Tamil Font (wntml)} \bigskip \centerline{\LARGE\bf itrans} \smallskip \centerline{\bf \copyright 1991--1998 Avinash Chopde} \section{Fonts Available --- \TeX\ Interface} The single font {\em wntml}, is available in three sizes: 10, 12 and 17~points. The names are {\em wntml10}, {\em wntml12}, and {\em wntml17} respectively. In this document (and in idoc.itx), the following lines were used for loading the font: \noindent\verb+\newfont{\tmlb}{wntml12}+. \noindent\verb+\newfont{\tmls}{wntml10}+. The command {\tt \char92tmlb} refers to the font of size 12, and the command {\tt \char92tmls} refers to the font of size 10 points. This package also includes the MF and PK files for the font. Since the MF files are also present, you can use them to generate any other PK and TFM files you need, to get fonts that are transformed versions (scaled, slanted, etc) of the basic Washington Tamil font. \subsection{Points to Note} \begin{itemize} \item The font used, wntml, is a Metafont description, hence, this font cannot be used to directly generate PostScript output from itrans. The only way to use this font with {\em itrans} is to produce documents in \TeX. \item The font used, wntml, does not have any numerals or any punctuation characters. Therefore, if you need to use numbers or punctuation marks between the \ST\ and \ET\ markers, remember to change the font before any number or any punctuation mark. For numbers, it is usually sufficient to use the \$ enclosing scope to make them print correctly, since a \$ enters mathmode and uses the math fonts. For punctuation marks, the user needs to explicitly change fonts: example: \noindent{\tt \ST ......\{\char92rm ;\}.......\ET}. The example in the previous section uses these methods. \end{itemize} \subsection{Archaic Character Forms} As shown in table 2, the consonant-vowel forms follow certain modern tamil conventions. (I use the terms modern and archaic loosely, and they only reflect current tamil standards in India, other countries may not follow these.) It is possible to get the older alternate character forms that print out thus: {\tt NA:} {\tmlb% {\char49} }% End of Indian Language {\tt Nai:} {\tmlb% {\char54} }% End of Indian Language {\tt No:} {\tmlb% {\char22\char49} }% End of Indian Language {\tt NO:} {\tmlb% {\char23\char49} }% End of Indian Language {\tt nA:} {\tmlb% {\char145} }% End of Indian Language {\tt nai:} {\tmlb% {\char150} }% End of Indian Language {\tt no:} {\tmlb% {\char22\char145} }% End of Indian Language {\tt nO:} {\tmlb% {\char23\char145} }% End of Indian Language {\tt Lai:} {\tmlb% {\char134} }% End of Indian Language {\tt RA:} {\tmlb% {\char137} }% End of Indian Language {\tt Ro:} {\tmlb% {\char22\char137} }% End of Indian Language {\tt RO:} {\tmlb% {\char23\char137} }% End of Indian Language \bigskip To enable these forms, you need to edit the wntml.ifm file: better make a copy, and name it wntmla.ifm, and edit the new file. Search the wntmla.ifm file for the word {\em ARCHAIC}, and delete that word. You should see twelve such instances, corresponding to the characters above. Once that is done, specify the new IFM file with the {\tt \char35tamilifm} keyword, and all the above twelve consonant forms will print out as above. (See the user manual idoc.itx for exact details regarding the {\tt \char35tamilifm} keyword.) \section{Example} \noindent $\bullet$ English Input: \bigskip \noindent {\tt \char123 {\ST}} \begin{verbatim} namadhu chUriya maNTalaththai viTTup paya^nIr{\rm ,} vAyEjar viNkala~NkaL veLiyERi viNmI^n kaLai nOkki viraindhu koNTirukki^nRa^na{\rm .} idhaRkE padhdhuppadhi^nARu ANTukaLAki viTTa^na{\rm .} viNmI^nkaLukkuch churukkAka payaNam chella i^nRaiya vEdhiyal EvUrdhikaL kaikoTukkA{\rm .} ivaRRi^nAl maNikku $ 40 $ Ayiram kilO mITTar vEkadhdhaiyE eTTa muTiyum{\rm .} \end{verbatim} \noindent {\tt \ET\char125} \bigskip\bigskip \noindent $\bullet$ Tamil Output: \bigskip #tamil \noindent namadhu chUriya maNTalaththai viTTup paya^nIr{\rm ,} vAyEjar viNkala~NkaL veLiyERi viNmI^nkaLai nOkki viraindhu koNTirukki^nRa^na{\rm .} idhaRkE padhdhuppadhi^nARu ANTukaLAki viTTa^na{\rm .} \\ viNmI^nkaLukkuch churukkAka payaNam chella i^nRaiya vEdhiyal EvUrdhikaL kaikoTukkA{\rm .} ivaRRi^nAl maNikku $ 40 $ Ayiram kilO mITTar vEkadhdhaiyE eTTa muTiyum{\rm .} #endtamil \section{Acknowledgements} The support for tamil in the initial version of {\em itrans} package has been possible only because of the help I received from {\tt Sriram Tyagarajan}. I would like to thank him for his help in making me relate the {\em itrans} package to the tamil alphabet, and his patience in proof-reading all the printouts I sent him. The current version of ITRANS makes use of Tamil enhancements from many other people, particularly Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi who added glyphs to the tamil font, and to Shree for many modifications to the IFM file. \subsection{Font Developer} The Washington Tamil font (wntml) was created by the Humanities and Arts Computing Center of the University of Washington, USA. I would like to thank them for making this font available as freeware. {\obeylines\cmts \noindent Thomas Ridgeway, Director, \noindent Humanities and Arts Computing Center/NorthWest Computing Support Center \noindent Internet: ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu } The current version of {\tt tamil.mf} Wntml font that is distributed with ITRANS has been developed by Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi, it includes updates to a few of the original glyphs, and it also adds a few more characters to the font. \bigskip \hrule \vfill \bigskip \section{Author} \noindent ITRANS has been developed by Avinash Chopde. \\ E-mail: \htmladdnormallink{\texttt{avinash@acm.org}}{mailto:avinash@acm.org}. \\ Home page: \htmladdnormallink{\texttt{http://www.aczone.com/}}{http://www.aczone.com/} \bigskip \hrule %------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{htmlonly} \section{Tamil Table} \end{htmlonly} \begin{table}[hp] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{c@{\hspace{1in}}c@{\hspace{1in}}c} % --- first col is vowels inside a tabular \begin{makeimage} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \multicolumn{2}{c}{Vowels} \\ \hline {#tamil a #endtamil} & {\tt a} \\ \hline {#tamil aa #endtamil} & {\tt aa {\it or} A} \\ \hline {#tamil i #endtamil} & {\tt i} \\ \hline {#tamil ii #endtamil} & {\tt ii {\it or} I} \\ \hline {#tamil u #endtamil} & {\tt u} \\ \hline {#tamil uu #endtamil} & {\tt uu {\it or} U} \\ \hline {#tamil e #endtamil} & {\tt e} \\ \hline {#tamil E #endtamil} & {\tt E} \\ \hline {#tamil ai #endtamil} & {\tt ai} \\ \hline {#tamil o #endtamil} & {\tt o} \\ \hline {#tamil O #endtamil} & {\tt O} \\ \hline {#tamil au #endtamil} & {\tt au} \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{ }\\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{ }\\ \hline {#tamil q #endtamil} & {\tt q} \\ \hline {#tamil SRI #endtamil} & {\tt SRI} \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{makeimage} % --- end first col & % --- second col is consonants \begin{makeimage} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \multicolumn{2}{c}{Consonants} \\ \hline {#tamil ka #endtamil} & {\tt k{\it a} {\it or} g{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ~Na #endtamil} & {\tt \char`~N{\it a or} N\char`^{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil cha #endtamil} & {\tt ch{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ~na #endtamil} & {\tt {\char`~}n{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil Ta #endtamil} & {\tt T{\it a} {\it or} Th{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil Na #endtamil} & {\tt N{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ta #endtamil} & {\tt t{\it a} {\it or} th{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil na #endtamil} & {\tt n{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ^na #endtamil} & {\tt \char`^n{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil pa #endtamil} & {\tt p{\it a} {\it or} b{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ma #endtamil} & {\tt m{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ya #endtamil} & {\tt y{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ra #endtamil} & {\tt r{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil la #endtamil} & {\tt l{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil va #endtamil} & {\tt v{\it a or} w{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil za #endtamil} & {\tt J{\it a or} z{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil La #endtamil} & {\tt L{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil Ra #endtamil} & {\tt R{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil sha #endtamil} & {\tt sh{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil Sha #endtamil}& {\tt Sh{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil sa #endtamil} & {\tt s{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ja #endtamil} & {\tt j{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil ha #endtamil} & {\tt h{\it a}} \\ \hline {#tamil xa #endtamil} & {\tt x{\it a} {\it or} ksh{\it a}} \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{makeimage} \\ \end{tabular} % end the larger tabular encompassing all two tables \hfill \\ \end{center} \caption {\bf ITRANS: Tamil to English Transliteration Table.} \label{ienc} \end{table} #tamilfont=\tmls %------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{htmlonly} \section{All the Consonant-Vowel Forms} \end{htmlonly} \begin{table}[hp] \vspace*{-0.00in} \hspace*{-0.5in}\mbox{\vbox{ % this hspace and vspace doesn't work... \begin{makeimage} \begin{tabular}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} % 14 columns \hline \tt \char92 & \tt & \tt a & \tt A & \tt i & \tt I & \tt u & \tt U & \tt e & \tt E & \tt ai & \tt o & \tt O & \tt au \\ \hline\hline \tt k & #tamil k #endtamil & #tamil ka #endtamil & #tamil kA #endtamil & #tamil ki #endtamil & #tamil kI #endtamil & #tamil ku #endtamil & #tamil kU #endtamil & #tamil ke #endtamil & #tamil kE #endtamil & #tamil kai #endtamil & #tamil ko #endtamil & #tamil kO #endtamil & #tamil kau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt {\char`~}N & #tamil ~N #endtamil & #tamil ~Na #endtamil & #tamil ~NA #endtamil & #tamil ~Ni #endtamil & #tamil ~NI #endtamil & #tamil ~Nu #endtamil & #tamil ~NU #endtamil & #tamil ~Ne #endtamil & #tamil ~NE #endtamil & #tamil ~Nai #endtamil & #tamil ~No #endtamil & #tamil ~NO #endtamil & #tamil ~Nau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt ch & #tamil ch #endtamil & #tamil cha #endtamil & #tamil chA #endtamil & #tamil chi #endtamil & #tamil chI #endtamil & #tamil chu #endtamil & #tamil chU #endtamil & #tamil che #endtamil & #tamil chE #endtamil & #tamil chai #endtamil & #tamil cho #endtamil & #tamil chO #endtamil & #tamil chau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt {\char`~}n & #tamil ~n #endtamil & #tamil ~na #endtamil & #tamil ~nA #endtamil & #tamil ~ni #endtamil & #tamil ~nI #endtamil & #tamil ~nu #endtamil & #tamil ~nU #endtamil & #tamil ~ne #endtamil & #tamil ~nE #endtamil & #tamil ~nai #endtamil & #tamil ~no #endtamil & #tamil ~nO #endtamil & #tamil ~nau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt T & #tamil T #endtamil & #tamil Ta #endtamil & #tamil TA #endtamil & #tamil Ti #endtamil & #tamil TI #endtamil & #tamil Tu #endtamil & #tamil TU #endtamil & #tamil Te #endtamil & #tamil TE #endtamil & #tamil Tai #endtamil & #tamil To #endtamil & #tamil TO #endtamil & #tamil Tau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt N & #tamil N #endtamil & #tamil Na #endtamil & #tamil NA #endtamil & #tamil Ni #endtamil & #tamil NI #endtamil & #tamil Nu #endtamil & #tamil NU #endtamil & #tamil Ne #endtamil & #tamil NE #endtamil & #tamil Nai #endtamil & #tamil No #endtamil & #tamil NO #endtamil & #tamil Nau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt t & #tamil t #endtamil & #tamil ta #endtamil & #tamil tA #endtamil & #tamil ti #endtamil & #tamil tI #endtamil & #tamil tu #endtamil & #tamil tU #endtamil & #tamil te #endtamil & #tamil tE #endtamil & #tamil tai #endtamil & #tamil to #endtamil & #tamil tO #endtamil & #tamil tau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt n & #tamil n #endtamil & #tamil na #endtamil & #tamil nA #endtamil & #tamil ni #endtamil & #tamil nI #endtamil & #tamil nu #endtamil & #tamil nU #endtamil & #tamil ne #endtamil & #tamil nE #endtamil & #tamil nai #endtamil & #tamil no #endtamil & #tamil nO #endtamil & #tamil nau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt \char`^n & #tamil ^n #endtamil & #tamil ^na #endtamil & #tamil ^nA #endtamil & #tamil ^ni #endtamil & #tamil ^nI #endtamil & #tamil ^nu #endtamil & #tamil ^nU #endtamil & #tamil ^ne #endtamil & #tamil ^nE #endtamil & #tamil ^nai #endtamil & #tamil ^no #endtamil & #tamil ^nO #endtamil & #tamil ^nau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt p & #tamil p #endtamil & #tamil pa #endtamil & #tamil pA #endtamil & #tamil pi #endtamil & #tamil pI #endtamil & #tamil pu #endtamil & #tamil pU #endtamil & #tamil pe #endtamil & #tamil pE #endtamil & #tamil pai #endtamil & #tamil po #endtamil & #tamil pO #endtamil & #tamil pau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt m & #tamil m #endtamil & #tamil ma #endtamil & #tamil mA #endtamil & #tamil mi #endtamil & #tamil mI #endtamil & #tamil mu #endtamil & #tamil mU #endtamil & #tamil me #endtamil & #tamil mE #endtamil & #tamil mai #endtamil & #tamil mo #endtamil & #tamil mO #endtamil & #tamil mau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt y & #tamil y #endtamil & #tamil ya #endtamil & #tamil yA #endtamil & #tamil yi #endtamil & #tamil yI #endtamil & #tamil yu #endtamil & #tamil yU #endtamil & #tamil ye #endtamil & #tamil yE #endtamil & #tamil yai #endtamil & #tamil yo #endtamil & #tamil yO #endtamil & #tamil yau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt r & #tamil r #endtamil & #tamil ra #endtamil & #tamil rA #endtamil & #tamil ri #endtamil & #tamil rI #endtamil & #tamil ru #endtamil & #tamil rU #endtamil & #tamil re #endtamil & #tamil rE #endtamil & #tamil rai #endtamil & #tamil ro #endtamil & #tamil rO #endtamil & #tamil rau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt l & #tamil l #endtamil & #tamil la #endtamil & #tamil lA #endtamil & #tamil li #endtamil & #tamil lI #endtamil & #tamil lu #endtamil & #tamil lU #endtamil & #tamil le #endtamil & #tamil lE #endtamil & #tamil lai #endtamil & #tamil lo #endtamil & #tamil lO #endtamil & #tamil lau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt v & #tamil v #endtamil & #tamil va #endtamil & #tamil vA #endtamil & #tamil vi #endtamil & #tamil vI #endtamil & #tamil vu #endtamil & #tamil vU #endtamil & #tamil ve #endtamil & #tamil vE #endtamil & #tamil vai #endtamil & #tamil vo #endtamil & #tamil vO #endtamil & #tamil vau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt z & #tamil z #endtamil & #tamil za #endtamil & #tamil zA #endtamil & #tamil zi #endtamil & #tamil zI #endtamil & #tamil zu #endtamil & #tamil zU #endtamil & #tamil ze #endtamil & #tamil zE #endtamil & #tamil zai #endtamil & #tamil zo #endtamil & #tamil zO #endtamil & #tamil zau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt L & #tamil L #endtamil & #tamil La #endtamil & #tamil LA #endtamil & #tamil Li #endtamil & #tamil LI #endtamil & #tamil Lu #endtamil & #tamil LU #endtamil & #tamil Le #endtamil & #tamil LE #endtamil & #tamil Lai #endtamil & #tamil Lo #endtamil & #tamil LO #endtamil & #tamil Lau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt R & #tamil R #endtamil & #tamil Ra #endtamil & #tamil RA #endtamil & #tamil Ri #endtamil & #tamil RI #endtamil & #tamil Ru #endtamil & #tamil RU #endtamil & #tamil Re #endtamil & #tamil RE #endtamil & #tamil Rai #endtamil & #tamil Ro #endtamil & #tamil RO #endtamil & #tamil Rau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt sh & #tamil sh #endtamil & #tamil sha #endtamil & #tamil shA #endtamil & #tamil shi #endtamil & #tamil shI #endtamil & #tamil shu #endtamil & #tamil shU #endtamil & #tamil she #endtamil & #tamil shE #endtamil & #tamil shai #endtamil & #tamil sho #endtamil & #tamil shO #endtamil & #tamil shau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt Sh & #tamil Sh #endtamil & #tamil Sha #endtamil & #tamil ShA #endtamil & #tamil Shi #endtamil & #tamil ShI #endtamil & #tamil Shu #endtamil & #tamil ShU #endtamil & #tamil She #endtamil & #tamil ShE #endtamil & #tamil Shai #endtamil & #tamil Sho #endtamil & #tamil ShO #endtamil & #tamil Shau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt s & #tamil s #endtamil & #tamil sa #endtamil & #tamil sA #endtamil & #tamil si #endtamil & #tamil sI #endtamil & #tamil su #endtamil & #tamil sU #endtamil & #tamil se #endtamil & #tamil sE #endtamil & #tamil sai #endtamil & #tamil so #endtamil & #tamil sO #endtamil & #tamil sau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt j & #tamil j #endtamil & #tamil ja #endtamil & #tamil jA #endtamil & #tamil ji #endtamil & #tamil jI #endtamil & #tamil ju #endtamil & #tamil jU #endtamil & #tamil je #endtamil & #tamil jE #endtamil & #tamil jai #endtamil & #tamil jo #endtamil & #tamil jO #endtamil & #tamil jau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt h & #tamil h #endtamil & #tamil ha #endtamil & #tamil hA #endtamil & #tamil hi #endtamil & #tamil hI #endtamil & #tamil hu #endtamil & #tamil hU #endtamil & #tamil he #endtamil & #tamil hE #endtamil & #tamil hai #endtamil & #tamil ho #endtamil & #tamil hO #endtamil & #tamil hau #endtamil \\ \hline \tt x & #tamil x #endtamil & #tamil xa #endtamil & #tamil xA #endtamil & #tamil xi #endtamil & #tamil xI #endtamil & #tamil xu #endtamil & #tamil xU #endtamil & #tamil xe #endtamil & #tamil xE #endtamil & #tamil xai #endtamil & #tamil xo #endtamil & #tamil xO #endtamil & #tamil xau #endtamil \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{makeimage} \vspace{0.10in} }} % end hbox and vbox \caption {\bf Tamil Consonants with their Vowel Forms.} \end{table} \end{document}