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  2. Classical languages of India - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Classical languages, or the Śāstrīya Bhāṣā or the Dhrupadī Bhāṣā (Assamese, Bengali) or the Abhijāta Bhāṣā (Marathi) or the Cemmoḻi (Tamil), is an umbrella term for the languages of India having high antiquity, and valuable, original and distinct literary heritage. [1]

  3. List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official ...

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    Historical map of the Chola Empire, where Tamil was the language of administration. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Tamil is an official language or language of government. Tamil is the 17th most spoken language in the world. Tamil language speakers make up approximately 1.06% of the world population.

  4. Tamil Lexicon dictionary - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Tamil language - Wikipedia

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    போக pōka go முடி muṭi accomplish ஆத் āt NEG. IMPRS அ a PTCP வர் var NMLZ கள் kaḷ PL உக்கு ukku to ஆக āka for போக முடி ஆத் அ வர் கள் உக்கு ஆக pōka muṭi āt a var kaḷ ukku āka go accomplish NEG.IMPRS PTCP NMLZ PL to for Morphology Tamil nouns (and pronouns) are classified into two super ...

  6. Madras Bashai - Wikipedia

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    Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. With the eponymous city's emergence into importance in British India (when the British recovered it from the French), and as the capital of Madras Presidency, the region's exposure to the western world increased, and a number of English words crept into the vocabulary: many such words were introduced by educated, middle-class Tamil ...

  7. Kulasekarapattinam - Wikipedia

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    According to numerous historians, Moppila or Moplah is Maha Pillai (great son) and Marakkar means (Marakkalam is a wooden boat) 'boatmen'. Thurston, in his work 'Tribes of South India', states the following - The word Marakkar is usually derived from the Tamil marakalam, meaning 'boat'. [4] It was also a titular name for maritime traders.

  8. Sangam landscape - Wikipedia

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    The Sangam landscape (Tamil: அகத்திணை "inner classification") is the name given to a poetic device that was characteristic of love poetry in classical Tamil Sangam literature. The core of the device was the categorisation of poems into different tiṇai s or modes, depending on the nature, location, mood and type of relationship ...

  9. Tamil Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Kalaikkalanjiam (Tamil: Encyclopedia) is a universal encyclopedia in Tamil, published by the Tamil Development Academy, Chennai. The project was funded by the Union Government of India, the State Government of then Madras Presidency and many Tamil well wishers. The Tamil Development Academy announced its intent to produce this encyclopedia on ...