Phonetic correspondence observed | Tamil | Hangul | Weightage assigned |
In the case where letters are phonetically identical (8)—from 18 Tamil and 19 Korean consonnats | 8 (44%) | 8 (42%) | 100% |
correspondence with exceptions—basic consonnat mapping (4) with similar sounds in Hangul (10) mapping to 2 Tamil consonants and compound letters of Tamil | 2 (11) | 52 (10) | 40% |
consonnats in Tamil (2) with varying sound mapping in Tamil (6) | 6 (33) | 40% | |
consonnats that has least or no mapping | 2 | 1 | 0% |
Weighted average | 62% | 63% |