Tanglish
AI keyboard for Tamil diaspora
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tanglish is the first AI keyboard built for the way Tamil diaspora actually text — in Romanised Tamil.
You already type vanakkam, romba nalla iruku, seekiram vaa da. Every day. In WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram. But autocorrect turns "vanakkam da" into "vanakkam Dad". Every. Single. Time.
Tanglish fixes this.
WHAT IT DOES
Real-time Tanglish spelling correction. Type vanakam → instantly corrects to vanakkam. Our AI engine knows 93,000+ Tanglish words and learns from every Tamil speaker who uses it.
Smart next-word predictions. After vanakkam → suggests da, machi, pa. After romba → suggests nalla, miss, kashtama. Predictions that sound like how we actually talk.
Generation-aware suggestions. Boomer Tamil sounds different from Gen Z Tamil. Tell us your generation — the keyboard adapts to how your generation speaks.
Emotion-aware predictions. The keyboard reads the mood of your conversation and shifts suggestions accordingly.
Works everywhere. iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, Gmail, Notes — every app on your iPhone.
THE COMMUNITY
Every suggestion you accept is a vote. The Tamil diaspora collectively decides what standard Tanglish looks like.
Diaspora world map — see where Tamil speakers are active globally.
Dialect quiz — find your Tamil dialect fingerprint. Chennai Tamil? UK Tamil? Malaysian Tamil?
Contributor tiers — earn points for every accepted suggestion. Rise from Peter to Mapla to Machi to Kalakar to Thalaivar to Methai to Aasaan.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
The first 1008 users get Founding Member status. Gold pin on the diaspora map. Contributor voting unlocked from Day 1.
PRIVACY FIRST
Your keystrokes never leave your device. We hash words on-device before any signal is transmitted. Password and payment fields are completely blocked.
Full privacy policy: tanglish-ime.vercel.app/privacy
BUILT BY THE DIASPORA
Ideated and co-built by a 16-year-old Tamil-American from Dallas, Texas. Built because there was nothing in between broken autocorrect and formal Tamil script.
Free to download. Free forever.
Vanakkam da.
The keyboard just got a lot smarter.
Suggestions appear faster. Common Tamil words are now recognised instantly. Typing feels more natural with less noise in the suggestion bar.
Aalaporan Tamizhan!
The developer, Ram Arumugam, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Ram Arumugam
- Size
- 1.9 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Contains
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Paramahamsan Arumugam