Here are the lists of Tamil Numbers which will be useful for you, as it's used in every day conversation. The more you learn it, the more you get closer to understand and master the Tamil language. Here, the Tamil cardinal numbers shows the quantity i.e. "how many" also known as "counting numbers". And also I have included list of Ordinal numbers that tell the order of things and specify which number something like rank or position of that number in a set. Learning these would be very useful as these are essential words in the Tamil vocabulary.
| Numbers | Yenkal |
| one | onru |
| two | irandu |
| three | moondru |
| four | naanku |
| five | aindhu |
| six | aaru |
| seven | yezhu |
| eight | yettu |
| nine | onpadhu |
| ten | paththu |
| eleven | pathinondru |
| twelve | pannirandu |
| thirteen | pathinmoondru |
| fourteen | pathinaanku |
| fifteen | pathinaindhu |
| sixteen | pathinaaru |
| seventeen | pathinezhu |
| eighteen | pathinettu |
| nineteen | paththonpadhu |
| twenty | irupathu |
| hundred | nooru |
| one thousand | aayiram |
| million or ten lakhs | paththu latcham |
| first | muthalaavathu |
| second | irandaavathu |
| third | moonraavathu |
| fourth | naankaavathu |
| fifth | ainthaavathu |
| sixth | aaraavathu |
| seventh | yezhaavathu |
| eighth | yettaavathu |
| ninth | onpathaavathu |
| tenth | paththaavathu |
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