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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 2014, English language alone had about 57 versions available, which is estimated to have crossed 100 by 2020.
| 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 | 2 | 1 |
| 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 |
