Thiruthamizh
Thiruthamizh is a Tamil-language board game based on the English-language game of Scrabble.
Invented by G. Rajakumar of Chennai in 1990,[1] Thiruthamizh consists of a 21×21-grid board, and 272 tiles: 186 tiles which have letters in Tamil script, and 86 transparent tiles with diacritic marks such as dots and tails that, when combined with the letter tiles, give new letters.[2]
In 2002, the Directorate of Tamil Development recommended the game to the Tamil Nadu state government[3] for use in schools, as a means of building students' vocabularies.[4]
The first World Championship of Thirutamizh is also being planned.
References
- ^ "Metro Plus Chennai / Arts and Entertainment : Tamil through tiles". The Hindu. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Words worth : Simply Chennai - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Is Stalin upset with MK?". Oman Tribune. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Want to learn Tamil, play scrabble - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.