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Tamil Font Converter: Bamini to UnicodeBeta

For Tamil typed in the Bamini font.

Paste Bamini text on the left and get Unicode Tamil on the right, ready for any website, portal, email or phone.

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Need the other direction? Unicode to Bamini Converter (Tamil)

Converting a full document or spreadsheet? Upload the Word or Excel file, formatting stays.

Convert a document

Upload a Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx, .csv) or text (.txt) file typed in Bamini. Only the Bamini text is converted. Bold, colours, tables, numbers, formulas and the rest of the formatting stay exactly as they are.

Your file never leaves your computer.

How to use

  1. Copy the Tamil out of your Bamini document. It may show as English letters, which is fine.
  2. Paste it into the Bamini box. Unicode Tamil appears on the right. For a whole Word file with its bold, italic and tables, use Upload Word file instead.
  3. Press Copy text and paste it where it is needed. In Word, set it in Latha or Nirmala UI.

Tip:Words with ொ or ோ are the quickest check: Nfhtpy; should read கோவில்.

Worked examples

Real phrases run through this converter, so you can compare them with your own text and see what the page does before you paste anything.

  1. A short phrase

    Bamini
    jkpo;ehL muR
    Unicode / Tamil
    தமிழ்நாடு அரசு

  2. A short phrase

    Bamini
    fy;tpj; Jiw
    Unicode / Tamil
    கல்வித் துறை

  3. A single word

    Bamini
    tzf;fk;
    Unicode / Tamil
    வணக்கம்

  4. A single word

    Bamini
    gs;spf;$lk;
    Unicode / Tamil
    பள்ளிக்கூடம்

  5. A whole sentence with its full stop

    Bamini
    ehd; jkpo; fw;fpNwd;.
    Unicode / Tamil
    நான் தமிழ் கற்கிறேன்.

Each example comes from this converter's own rules and is checked in both directions every time the site is built. A phrase that fails the check is left out.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does it say Beta?
Every key was drawn from the Bamini font file and read by eye, and converted sentences were drawn back in the font itself to check they read correctly. It has not yet been run on a real office document, so please read anything important before you rely on it.
Do Latha or other Unicode Tamil fonts need converting?
No. Latha, Nirmala UI, Noto Sans Tamil and the other Unicode Tamil fonts already hold real Tamil text. If your text reads correctly on a phone, it is already Unicode.
Does it work for other Tamil fonts such as TAM or TSCII?
No. Those use other keyboards. This page is for Bamini only.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The conversion runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.

What Bamini text is

Bamini is the Tamil typewriter font that offices, schools and presses in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu typed in for years. It does not store Tamil. It stores English keyboard characters and draws Tamil letters on top of them, so on a computer without the font தமிழ்நாடு shows up as jkpo;ehL. This page turns those characters into real Unicode Tamil, which works on every phone and computer.

What the conversion has to get right

  • Signs typed before their letter. ெ, ே and ை are typed before the consonant they belong to, so nfhOk;G has to be reordered into கொழும்பு.
  • Two-part vowels. ொ, ோ and ௌ are typed as the sign before the letter and ா or ௗ after it, and come out as the single Unicode vowel sign.
  • Joined u and uu. Tamil joins ு and ூ to each consonant in its own way, so Bamini has a key for each joined form: F is கு and $ is கூ.

The number keys draw ordinary digits, so numbers are kept as they are. For the other direction use Unicode to Bamini.