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To the person who said "Tamil is the oldest/most important/etc. Tamil language are purely speculation" Do you have proof that Tamil is NOT the oldest language. If not please tender an apology for insulting an language. Doctor Bruno 16:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC) The Britannica's article on Tamil literature begins:
Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.
The original British English versions of the book were published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury.Note that in some countries, such as Spain and India, the series has been translated into several local languages; sometimes the book has been translated into two dialects of the same language in two countries (for example, separate Portuguese versions for Brazil and Portugal).
Alternately, perhaps from mũg (मूँग), the name of the bean in Hindi, [33] which is not a Dravidian language. Orange, a citrus fruit, or a color named for the fruit; cognates exist in several Dravidian languages, [34] Tamil naaram (நாரம்) or Telugu naarinja (నారింజ) and others.
A characteristic of Tanglish or Tamil-English code-switching is the addition of Tamil affixes to English words. [12] The sound "u" is added at the end of an English noun to create a Tamil noun form, as in "sound u " and the words "girl-u heart-u black-u" in the lyrics of "Why This Kolaveri Di".
Translated Book I alone in English and French: Lakshman Naresh: Tirukkural in English (Thiruvalluvar Book 1) Kindle edition: 2020: 178 pages: Varadaraja V. Raman: Tirukkural (Book I) in English: As Rhyming Couplets with the Core Ideas: Kindle edition: 2020: 161 pages (SIN: B086VVN-5HQ) J. S. Anantha Krishnan: Thiruvalluvar's Thirukkural: Kollam ...
Agattiyam (Tamil: அகத்தியம் ⓘ), also spelled as Akattiyam, [1] according to Tamil tradition, was the earliest book on Tamil grammar.It is a non-extant text, traditionally believed to have been compiled and taught in the First Sangam, (circa 300 BC) by Agattiyar (Agastya) to twelve students.
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.