தமிழ்த் தேனீ Spelling Bee

Improve your vocab and compete Nationally

Age 5 to 16

Master 4000+ Tamil words
Compete at various levels

4000ற்கும் மேற்பட்ட சொல் களஞ்சியம்
சொல் வளம் மேம்பட பன்னிலை போட்டிகள்

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IMPROVE VOCAB | WIN NATIONAL TITLE

What is Tamil Theni?

Encouraging second generation Tamil learners in North America to improve their Tamil vocabulary, by providing curated Words, helping to form clubs for practicing and using a national competition format for recognition.

FeTNA • பேரவை

FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Associations of North America) provides the National Platform for the competitions and recognizes winners at the various stages of the competitions with Trophies, Medals, Certificates and Financial awards.

Word List

The goal is to identify and share 4000 words from common usage, introduce origin of words and explore richness of words from Sangam literature.

Schools, Clubs, Tamil Sangams

Tamil schools, Tamil Sangams and individuals in North America can form groups/clubs to practice and prepare for the competitions.

Competition Formats

Formats are designed to motivate understanding and using the words. Different formats are available by age, and by language skill level.

Online Quiz

Schools and Clubs can leverage scheduled online Quiz for practice and to select teams for the National competition.

WORD LIST

800 words for 2024

COMPETITION FORMAT

~$10,000 in total Prizes

CLUBS

Join or Create a club

QUIZ

Online quiz

Reg Open

Early Oct

REGISTRATION

Words Published

End Dec

REGISTRATION

Quiz

Mid Jan

QUIZ

Reg Close

Mid Feb

REGISTRATION

Regionals

Mid Feb

COMPETITION

Finals

Jun 30 - Jul 7

COMPETITION

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Language Experts

Get guidance from language experts and practice with friends and other contestants.

JAMES VASANTHAN

Tamil Music Composer

Learn from his experience in hosting 100s of children's educational competitions in National TVs in many countries.

KAVINGAR MAGUDESWARAN

Expert on Origin of Words

Our guide to help focus on the right words and being our reference for understanding the origin of Tamil words.

PROF KURINJI VENDHAN

Motivator and Trainer

Bringing the teaching techniques to children in North America for whom Tamil is mostly a second language.

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Competition Formats

School Teams

Tamil schools can send a team of 2 contestant for all competition levels as long as the students meet the age limit.

Club Teams

Clubs formed by Tamil Sangams and individuals can send a team of 2 members for Level 3, 4 and 5 only.

SCHOOLS ONLY

THENI-1 அரும்பு

Up to 8yr age

Tell the word in Tamil

THENI-2 மலர்கள்

Up to 12yr age

Translate sentence to Tamil

SCHOOLS & CLUBS

THENI-3 கனிகள்

Up to 8yr age

Tell a Story from Pictures

THENI-4 விதைகள்

Up to 16yr age

Translate and Write in Tamil

THENI-5 செடிகள்

Up to 16yr age

Find Word using Clues

Rules & Formats

QUIZLive Online Quizzes

Quizzes for various levels will be conducted periodically to assist Schools in selecting their teams.

A free Quiz App is available to participate in scheduled online Live Quizzes. It is a great way to become familiar with typical questions and to practice for the competition.

Clubs can also use the Quiz App for their internal competitions.

LIVE QUIZ

Subscribe to newsletter to be notified for upcoming live online Quizes.

TIME

Quizzes are usually conducted on weekend and are typically for 15min with 20 questions.

Quiz App

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RECOGNITION$10,000+ in total Prizes

Participants

ECertificates for all competing in this National competitions.

Regional

ECertificates for Regional Winners and Runners.

Zonal

Medals for Zonal Winners and Certificates for Winners and Runners.

Nationals

Certificate for all Finalist. Winner and Runners get Trophy and Cash Prize.

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TESTIMONIALSபுது புது சொற்கள்!!

Learned lot of new Tamil words

It was easy to learn and practice lot of new Tamil words. Pictures helped me to understand words.

PRAGGYA THIYAGARAJAH, CT

I made new friends. My team partner and I spent lot of time practicing together and now we are very good friends!

ATHISHRAJ AMIRTHARAJ, FL

As the 2021 National Title Winner for Level 3, I'm extremely proud of how much this competition enhanced my fluency in reading and writing formal, literary and grammatically-accurate Tamil. Most importantly, Tamil Theni helped me connect back to my native culture, serving as a bridge between my American and Indian identities.

PRITHIKA POOMARAN, CA

Fee

Tamil Theni is managed by Volunteers. FeTNA sponsors the Prizes.

However, there are other expenses to manage the mobile app, data hosting, cloud services for machine learning etc.

Nominal fees and Sponsors help us take this leaning to our young learners.

ONE TIME

Registration Fee

Fee per Team (2 members in a team)
Doesn't include FeTNA registration fee if selected to compete in the Finals

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ANNUAL

School Membership

Sample Questions
Online Quiz to select teams

F r e e

ANNUAL

Club Membership

Sample Questions
Competition App and tech support
Online Quiz access
Webpage for Club members
Support to promote club, train members

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Tamil Theni

Fully volunteer run organization

Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America

Nation Competition Host & Prize Sponsor

Avvai Tamil Center, Frisco TX

Executive Sponsor

iPaatti, Inc

Executive Sponsor

https://ipaatti.us/

CONTACT DETAILS

info@tamiltheni.org