List of Tirukkural translations by language

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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

S. No. Language Year of first
translation		 No. of translations
available
(as of 2015)		 No. of complete
translations available
1. Arabic 1976 2 2
2. Bengali 1939 4 4
3. Chinese 1967 2 2
4. Czech 1952 1 0
5. Dutch 1964 1 0
6. English 1794 58 31
7. Fijian 1964 2
8. Finnish 1972 1 0
9. French 1767 18
10. German 1803 8
11. Gujarati 1931 3 1
12. Hindi 1924 19
13. Japanese 1981 2
14. Kannada 1940 8
15. Konkani 2002 1 1
16. Korean 2 1
17. Latin 1730 3 1
18. Malay 1964 3
19. Malayalam 1595 21
20. Manipuri 2012 1 1
21. Marathi 1930 2 1
22. Odia 1978 5 4
23. Polish 1958 2
24. Punjabi 1983 2
25. Rajasthani 1982 1
26. Russian 1963 4 2
27. Sanskrit 1922 5
28. Saurashtra 1980 1 1
29. Sinhalese 1961 2
30. Swedish 1971 1
31. Telugu 1877 14
32. Thai 2019 1 1
33. Urdu 1965 2

Alphabetically

See also

References

  1. ^ "Thirukkural translations in different languages of the world". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

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