How many Sanskrit letters are in Tamil language?

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Tamil has incorporated around 5 to 6 letters from Sanskrit/Grantha script to accommodate non-native phonemes. However, in pure Tamil writing, these are not traditionally part of the core Tamil alphabet.
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Tamil has a few Sanskrit-influenced letters, but it does not include all Sanskrit letters. It mainly adapts Sanskrit words using its own 247-character system.
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The following five letters, introduced from Sanskrit are used in Tamil. ஷ - sha. This letter has the sound of sh as in shut. Sometimes instead of using the Sanskrit letter, the equivalent Tamil letter used is ட. Eg., நஷ்டம்(nashtam) - நட்டம்(nattam) means loss. ஸ - sa - Has the sound of s in...
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The following five letters, introduced from Sanskrit are used in Tamil. ஷ - sha. This letter has the sound of sh as in shut. Sometimes instead of using the Sanskrit letter, the equivalent Tamil letter used is ட. Eg., நஷ்டம்(nashtam) - நட்டம்(nattam) means loss. ஸ - sa - Has the sound of s in sun. for example, புஸ்தகம்(pustakam)- book is sometimes written in pure Tamil as புத்தகம்(puththagam). ஜ - ja. It has the sound of j in jug. The Tamil letter used in its place ச(sa/cha). ஜனம்(janam-people) is written as சனம்(sanam) க்ஷ-ksha. It is combination of ka and sha. The Tamil letters used in its place are ட்ச. மோக்ஷம்(moksham-heaven) is written as மோட்சம்(motcham) ஹ-ha. h as in hut. Mostly, in names having ha it is replaced by ka/ga. மனோஹர்(Manohar) is written as மனோகர்(Manogar). ஸ்ரீ - sri. sri as in sridevi. Mostly for writing names and places with sri in it. ஸ்ரீதேவி (sridevi - a name), ஸ்ரீரங்கம்(srirangam - a place) read less
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1.1.1 Short Vowel (¾ûxuÉ xuÉUÈ) These letters have short sound with no elongation. The time unit of uttering one such letter (¾ûxuÉ xuÉUÈ) is defined as mAtra. A C E G sÉ× A C D E m£ அ இ உ * *
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Tamil has adopted very few Sanskrit letters, primarily for religious and scholarly contexts. Most of the Tamil script's letters are native, and only a small number of Sanskrit-origin characters, like "ज्ञ" (gnya) and "श्र" (shra), are used.
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