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Interesting Facts About the Tamil Language

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Interesting Facts About the Tamil Language

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  1. Interesting Facts About the Tamil Language

  2. Introduction • Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Douglas, and Chindians. • Tamil is an official language in three countries: India, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

  3. History • One of the oldest classical languages in the world is the Tamil language. Studies show that an ancient but deformed form of Tamil called Tamazight is spoken by one of the tribes in Cameroon in Africa. • During the pre-colonial era Tamil was one of the main languages used for trade. • The ancient principality of Kamarinadu existed between India and Ethiopia. Ancient Tamils conquered Kamarinadu, which connected India and Ethiopia, and spread the language to Africa. • It is one of the most difficult and oldest languages in the country (more than 50,000 years old). This Dravidian language is one of the major South Indian languages, and is spoken by over 60 million people in Singapore, India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The original Indians spoke Sanskrit in North, Tamil in South, and Austro-Asiatic in the east.

  4. Facts and Numbers • Tamil has obtained the classical status. In fact, it’s one of the first languages to attain this status. • Today, Tamil is spoken not only in Tamil Nadu, but also in northern Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa and Fiji. 1% of the world’s population are Tamil speaking people, and it is the 15th most spoken language in the world. • Tamil has been bestowed with official language status in quite a few countries, and it is one of most widely spoken languages in the world.

  5. Origin • Tamils are of Dravidian origin. The four major Dravidian (South Indian) languages are Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. • Among the Dravidian language family Tamil is considered as the foremost language. The Dravidians form the majority of the population of south India, and there are around 220 million native speakers of Dravidian languages in the world.

  6. Conclusion • Wordsmith of printed reference materials. • To get yourself updated by learning new words, download wordsmith english to tamil dictionary app. • For more details, visit http://tamil-dictionary.wordsmithlearninghub.com/

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