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In addition to serving as the earliest attestation of the Tamil language, [10] [15] Hebrew's Tamil loanwords are also an early attestation of the Dravidian languages, to which Tamil belongs. [7] This was before Tamil was widely written, using the Tamil-Brahmi script and dated variously from 600 BCE to 200 BCE.
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 .
There are a number of apparent Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew dating to before 500 BCE, the oldest attestation of the language. [14] John Guy states that Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders from India. [15] Tamil began to trade with Greece, Rome, Egypt, China, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.
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.
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.
Tamil loanwords in Ancient Greek; List of loanwords in Tagalog; Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil; Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew; Tamil loanwords in other languages; Loanwords in Sri Lankan Tamil; Tatsama; List of loanwords in Thai; List of replaced loanwords in Turkish
The result of the move request was page moved to Tamil loanwords in Sinhala. Abecedare 09:14, 4 October 2009 (UTC) In accordance with the terminology used in linguistics, words borrowed from other languages are defined as loanwords. Therefore the title of the article should be changed to "Tamil loanwords in Sinhala".
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin. English words of African origin; List of English words of Afrikaans origin. List of South African English regionalisms