List of Tirukkural translations by language

A typical Tamil version of the Kural

Tirukkural, also known as the Kural, is considered one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world.[1] As of 2014, the work has been translated into about 82 world languages. English language alone has about 57 versions available so far.

Table of available translations

LanguageYear of first
translation		No. of translations
available
(as of 2015)		No. of complete
translations available
Arabic197622
Bengali193944
Chinese196722
Czech195210
Dutch196410
English17945730
Fijian19642
Finnish197210
French176718
German18038
Gujarati193131
Hindi192419
Japanese19812
Kannada19408
Konkani200211
Korean21
Latin173031
Malay19643
Malayalam159521
Manipuri201211
Marathi11
Odia197854
Polish19582
Punjabi19832
Rajasthani19821
Russian196342
Sanskrit5
Saurashtra198011
Sinhalese19612
Swedish19711
Telugu187714
Urdu19652

Alphabetically

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Thirukkural translations in different languages of the world". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.

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