# 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. As of 2020, the work has been translated into about 41 world languages. As of 2015, English language alone had about 54 versions available, which is estimated to have crossed 100 by 2020.

## Table of available translations

| S. No. | Language | Year of first translation | No. of translations available (as of 2021) | No. of complete translations available |
| 1. | Arabic | 1976 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | Armenian | 1978 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. | Bengali | 1939 | 4 | 4 |
| 4. | Burmese | 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Chinese | 1967 | 2 | 2 |
| 6. | Czech | 1952 | 1 | 0 |
| 7. | Danish | 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Dutch | 1964 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. | English | 1794 | 69 | 32 |
| 10. | Fijian | 1964 | 2 | |
| 11. | Finnish | 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 12. | French | 1767 | 18 | |
| 13. | Garo | 2000 | 1 | |
| 14. | German | 1803 | 8 | |
| 15. | Gujarati | 1931 | 3 | 1 |
| 16. | Hindi | 1924 | 19 | |
| 17. | Indonesian | | 1 | 1 |
| 18. | Italian | 1985 | 1 | 1 |
| 19. | Japanese | 1981 | 2 | |
| 20. | Kannada | 1940 | 8 | |
| 21. | Konkani | 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 22. | Korean | 1981 | 2 | 1 |
| 23. | Latin | 1730 | 3 | 1 |
| 24. | Malay | 1964 | 3 | |
| 25. | Malayalam | 1595 | 21 | |
| 26. | Marathi | 1930 | 3 | 2 |
| 27. | Meitei | 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 28. | Norwegian | 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 29. | Odia | 1978 | 6 | 5 |
| 30. | Polish | 1958 | 2 | |
| 31. | Punjabi | 1983 | 2 | |
| 32. | Rajasthani | 1982 | 1 | |
| 33. | Russian | 1963 | 4 | 2 |
| 34. | Sanskrit | 1922 | 8 | |
| 35. | Santali | | 1 | 0 |
| 36. | Saurashtra | 1980 | 1 | 1 |
| 37. | Sinhalese | 1961 | 2 | |
| 38. | Swedish | 1971 | 1 | |
| 39. | Telugu | 1877 | 14 | |
| 40. | Thai | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 41. | Tok Pisin | 2023 | 1 | |
| 42. | Urdu | 1965 | 2 | |
| 43. | Vaagri Booli | | 1 | |

## Alphabetically

* Arabic: Tirukkural translations into Arabic
* Bengali: Tirukkural translations into Bengali
* Chinese: Tirukkural translations into Chinese
* Czech: Tirukkural translations into Czech
* Dutch: Tirukkural translations into Dutch
* English: Tirukkural translations into English
* Fijian: Tirukkural translations into Fijian
* Finnish: Tirukkural translations into Finnish
* French: Tirukkural translations into French
* German: Tirukkural translations into German
* Gujarati: Tirukkural translations into Gujarati
* Hindi: Tirukkural translations into Hindi
* Japanese: Tirukkural translations into Japanese
* Kannada: Tirukkural translations into Kannada
* Konkani language: Tirukkkural translations into Konkani
* Korean language: Tirukkural translations into Korean
* Latin: Tirukkural translations into Latin
* Malay: Tirukkural translations into Malay
* Malayalam: Tirukkural translations into Malayalam
* Marathi: Tirukkural translations into Marathi
* Odia: Tirukkural translations into Odia
* Polish: Tirukkural translations into Polish
* Punjabi: Tirukkural translations into Punjabi
* Rajasthani: Tirukkural translations into Rajasthani
* Russian: Tirukkural translations into Russian
* Sanskrit: Tirukkural translations into Sanskrit
* Saurashtra: Tirukkural translations into Saurashtra
* Sinhalese: Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese
* Swedish: Tirukkural translations into Swedish
* Telugu: Tirukkural translations into Telugu
* Urdu: Tirukkural translations into Urdu