One method is to give a separate symbol in dots and dashes for each of the 247 letters in Tamil.
#TAMIL LETTERS CODE#
Therefore, for the most efficient and economic method of sending a message, there must be a separate code for Tamil. The frequencies of the letters in English are quite different from those in Tamil. For the most efficient method of coding, the more frequently a letter occurs in a language, the shorter should be its code symbol. Z however, occurs very infrequently and it is represented by a long sequence of dots and dashes (-.).
For example, the letterĮ is the most frequent letter in English and it is represented by a dot (o). It was originally based on the frequencies of the letters of the alphabet in English. The Morse code used for transmitting message in English is an efficient method for the English language of the days of Morse. This method is practicable and it can be easily shown that it is not efficient. Sending a message in a given language by the most efficient way is a problem in Communication Engineering.Īn arbitrary code made up of dots and dashes, but the method will not be efficient even though it may be practicable.įor instance, a passage in Tamil can be written in the Roman script and transmitted in the same way as a passage in English is, using the MorseĬode. Efficient methods of telegraphy, typewriting and teleprinting in