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2 days ago · South Dravidian (Tamil–Tulu, or South Dravidian I) Tamil–Kannada. Tamil languages, including Tamil; Malayalam languages, including Malayalam; Irula; Kodava; Toda; Kota; Kannada languages, including Kannada and Badaga; Koraga; Tulu; Kudiya
- One of the world's primary language families
- Northern, Central, South-Central, South
Apr 27, 2024 · Tamil language, member of the Dravidian language family, spoken primarily in India. It is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is also an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore and has additional speakers in Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji, and South Africa.
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Apr 19, 2024 · Tamil trade with the ancient Greeks and Romans is verified by literary, linguistic, and archaeological evidence. The Tamil have the oldest cultivated Dravidian language, and their rich literary tradition extends back to the early Christian era.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · While Tamil stands as a distinct language, it shares a deep connection with several other tongues, forming a linguistic family known as the Dravidian languages. These languages, though diverse in their own right, exhibit striking similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, hinting at a shared ancestry.
3 days ago · Linguistic studies have identified the Dravidian language family, which includes Tamil, as distinct from the Indo-Aryan languages of northern India. Genetic research has sought to correlate language and genetics, finding a correspondence between linguistic and genetic diversity.
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Tamil is not the parent or the prototypical branch of Dravidian languages. This post is just a lot of pseudo-scientific, intelligent-sounding mumbo-jumbo. Tamil preserves the highest, but not all the proto-Dravidian roots. It preserves upto 56% iirc.
Apr 30, 2024 · It is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is spoken by millions of people in India, Sri Lanka, and diaspora communities around the world. Telugu : Telugu is another ancient Dravidian language that traces its origins back to the early centuries BCE.
