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  2. Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    The importance of Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew lies in the fact that these words are the earliest recorded attestation of the Tamil language. At some point before 500 BCE, they were incorporated into the various writings of the Hebrew Bible .

  3. Tamil loanwords in other languages - Wikipedia

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    There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages. The Tamil language , primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka , has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek , Biblical Hebrew , English , Malay , native languages of Indonesia , Mauritian Creole , Tagalog , Russian , and Sinhala and Dhivehi .

  4. Category:Lists of loanwords - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew; Tamil loanwords in other languages; Loanwords in Sri Lankan Tamil; Tatsama;

  5. Vatteluttu - Wikipedia

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    Vatteluttu probably started developing from Tamil-Brahmi from around the 4th or 5th century AD. [2] [9] [10] The earliest forms of the script have been traced to memorial stone inscriptions from the 4th century AD. [2] It is distinctly attested in a number of inscriptions in Tamil Nadu from the 6th century AD. [4]

  6. Loanwords in Sri Lankan Tamil - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are distinct from the Tamil dialects used in Tamil Nadu, India.They are used in Sri Lanka and in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.Linguistic borrowings from European colonizers such as the Portuguese, English and the Dutch have also contributed to a unique vocabulary that is distinct from the colloquial usage of Tamil in the Indian mainland.

  7. Talk:Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, as the quantity of examples is fairly small, this seems like it would be better suited being merged into Tamil loanwords in other languages. The fact it is also listed under the Tamil Nadu and Tamil Civilization wikiprojects, but no linguistics or Hebrew wikiprojects makes it seem open to point-of-view issues and/or bias.

  8. Tamil Christian keerthanai - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Christian Keerthanai or kīrttaṉai (Keerthanai meaning Songs of Praise) are devotional Christian songs in Tamil. They are also referred to as "lyrics" (a genre term) by Tamils in English. These are mostly a collection of indigenous hymns written by Protestant Tamil Christian poets.

  9. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    The Malay language has many loanwords from Sanskrit, Persian, Tamil, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Dutch, Siam (Old Thailand), Korean, Deutsch and Chinese languages such as Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka. More recently, loans have come from Arabic, English and Malay's sister languages, Javanese and Sundanese.