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Simplified Tamil script
Several governmental reforms to the Tamil script / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simplified Tamil script or Reformed Tamil script refers to several governmental reforms to the Tamil script.
![A list of simplified Tamil syllables, 7 rows by 2 columns.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Simplified_tamil_script.png/640px-Simplified_tamil_script.png)
In 1978, the Government of Tamil Nadu reformed certain syllables of the modern Tamil script with view to simplify the script.[1] It aimed to standardize non-standard ligatures of ஆ ā, ஒ o, ஓ ō and ஐ ai syllables.[2] These reforms only spread in India and the digital world, whereas Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion and other Tamil speaking regions continue to use the traditional syllables.[citation needed]
Furthermore, only 13 out of 15 of the proposed simplifications were successful as people continued to use ஐ ai instead of the proposed அய் ay and ஔ au instead of the proposed அவ் av.[3]