Learn A Classical Language - Tamil
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Tamil - Language of the Millions
Tamil is a classical language spoken by more than 77 million people. Tamil is one of the widely spoken languages in the world. It is an official language of state of Tamil Nadu in India and one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and Singapore and has constitutional recognition in South Africa, Mauritius and Malaysia. In Malaysia, in government schools, primary education is also available fully in Tamil. Large Tamil-speaking communities also reside in various parts of the world. There are currently large Tamil-speaking populations descended from colonial-era immigrants in Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius and South Africa. Lots of people in Guyana, Fiji, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago have Tamil origins, but only a small number of populations speak Tamil there. Groups of more recent migrants from India and Sri Lanka (due to civil war) exist in Australia, Canada, USA , several countries in Middle East and most of the western European countries. The name "TAMIL" point out not only the language, but also culture, civilization, tradition, music & etc., which are initiated from Tamil people and Tamil soil.
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About Tamil
Tamil is one of the oldest languages of the world with a 2500 year history. It is one of the few living classical languages in the world and has a continuous literary tradition of over two millennia. The high level of diglossia exhibited by Tamil and the reputation accorded to classical Tamil have resulted in much of the vocabulary and forms of classical Tamil being conserved in modern Tamil literacy, such that the higher registers of literary Tamil lean towards the classical language.
Tamil developed and prospered in India as an independent language with precious literature. More than 55% of the Epigraphical-inscriptions, about 55,000, found by the ASI in India are in Tamil language. The early inscriptions in Tamil Nadu used Tamil exclusively. Literary works in India were conserved either in palm leaf manuscripts (repeated copying and recopying) or by oral transmission. The earliest extant text in Tamil is the Tholkappiyam, a work on poetics and grammar which illustrate the language of the classical period. The oldest portions of this book may date back around 200 BCE (Hart, 1975). Epigraphic evidence of Tamil begins with rock inscriptions from the 2nd century BC.
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- A Tamil Learning Programme from TamilCube
- TamilCube welcomes you to Tamil Online! This Tamil Learning Programme is being developed mainly for those who want to learn Tamil as a second language. TamilCube's Tamil Online will have interactive lessons designed with mutimedia such as graphics, audio and video.
- Learn Tamil Through English
- Alphabet Learning, Grammar, Practice Materials, Quizzes and Tests. .All PDF files are available in a single Zip file for download and offline viewing or printing.
. - Learn Tamil
- We have the basic Tamil words with English explanations; memorize these words which will help you to understand and leaurn the Tamil languages.
- Tamil Language in Context
- This site contains textual, audio, video and interactive exercise materials for beginning learners of Tamil who place themselves in one of the following different levels based on their prior exposure to the Tamil language.
- Tamil alphabet, pronunciation and language
- The alphabet is well suited to writing literary Tamil, centamil. However it is ill-suited to writing colloquial Tamil, koduntamil. During the 19th century, attempts were made to create a written version of the colloquial spoken language.
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The Sangam (100 BC to 300 AD) literature contains about 50,000 lines of poetry included in 2381 poems attributed to 470 poets including many women. Many of the poems of Sangam age were also set to music. During the Sangam period, notable works like Thirukkural, and epic poems like Silappatikaram, Manimekalai, S%u012Bvakacint%u0101mani were composed. The Bhakthi age is known for the great outpouring of devotional songs set to 'Pan' music. Of those 9,295 Tevaram(9295) songs on Saivism and 4,000 songs on Vaishnavism are significant. The early mediaeval Period gave rise to one of the best known revision of the Ramayana in Tamil, known as 'Kamba Ramayanam' and a story of 63 'Nayanmars' known as Periyapuranam.
Modern Tamil vocabulary still preserves most of the words from classical Tamil. Due to this and because of the importance on learning classical works like Tirukkural, classical Tamil is understandable in various degrees to most native speakers of today. On the other hand, a number of Prakrit and Sanskrit loan words have been bespoke and used commonly in modern Tamil. However, unlike some other Dravidian languages, these words are limited mainly to spiritual terminology and abstract nouns.
Learn Tamil Words #1
English
Tamil
I
Naan
He
Avan
She
Aval
You
Nee
It
Adhu
Come
Vaa
Came
Vanthuttan(m)/vanthutta(f)
Sit
Ukkarru
Walk
Nadae
Eat
Saapidu
Drink
Kudi
Go
Poa
Run
Odu
I go
Naan porean
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Learn Tamil Words #2
English
Tamil
What is your name?
Unga peru enna?
What
Enna
Your
Wun
Name
paer
What did you do?
neenga enna panreenga
Why did you come?
Yean vantha?
Why did you sleep?
En thoonguray?
Why did you tell him to go?
Yaen avana poga sonna?
What should I do?
Naan enna seyyanum?
What are the questions?
Enna kelvigal?
What were the questions?
Enna kelvigal irunthithu?
What is the last question?
Kadaisi kelvi enna?
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Learn Tamil Words #3
English
Tamil
How did you come?
Nee eppadi vanthe?
How did you sleep?
Nee epadi thoongina?
How did you drive?
Nee epadi oattina?
How did you write?
Nee epadi ezhuthina?
How many apples are there in my hand?
Ethana apple enn kaieilla irukku?
How many did you take?
Ethana nee edutha?
How much did he pay you?
Evalavu panam kodutha?
How much distance to go?
Evalavu thooram poakanum?
How was the journey yesterday?
Nethu payanam epadi irrunthathu?
Which way did you come?
Entha valiya vanthe?
Which is your favorite color?
Virupamana niram enna?
In which room did you sleep?
Entha arailla thoongina?
Which story did you tell?
Entha kathaya sonna?
Which is the sweetest fruit?
Unnaku rumba inipaana palam ethu?
Where did you come from?
Enga irunthu vandha?
Where did you sleep?
Enga thoongine?
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Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to spoken Tamil. While emphasis is placed on colloquial spoken Tamil, you are given a useful introduction to formal speech and the written language as well.
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