List of Tirukkural translations by language

Tirukkural, also known as the Kural, is considered one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world.[1] As of 2020, the work has been translated into about 41 world languages. As of 2014, English language alone had about 57 versions available, which is estimated to have crossed 100 by 2020.

A typical Tamil version of the Kural
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Table of available translations
S. No.LanguageYear of first
translation		No. of translations
available
(as of 2020)		No. of complete
translations available
1.Arabic197643
2.Bengali193944
3.Chinese196722
4.Czech195210
5.Dutch196410
6.English17945831
7.Fijian19642
8.Finnish197210
9.French176718
10.German18038
11.Gujarati193131
12.Hindi192419
13.Japanese19812
14.Kannada19408
15.Konkani200211
16.Korean21
17.Latin173031
18.Malay19643
19.Malayalam159521
20.Marathi193021
21.Meitei201211
22.Odia197854
23.Polish19582
24.Punjabi19832
25.Rajasthani19821
26.Russian196342
27.Sanskrit19225
28.Santali10
29.Saurashtra198011
30.Sinhalese19612
31.Swedish19711
32.Telugu187714
33.Thai201911
34.Urdu19652
35.Vaagri Booli1

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See also

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

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