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.^[1] As of 2020, the work has been translated into about 41 world languages. As of 2015, English language alone had about 54 versions available,^[2] which is estimated to have crossed 100 by 2020.

Table of available translations edit

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