Thamizhi- A brief history of tamil language.

தமிழ் மொழி...

தமிழன் என்று சொல்லடா தலை நிமிர்ந்து நில்லடா !!!

Tamil-a small history:(தமிழ் -சிறு வரலாறு )

Tamil is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.  Tamil is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as well as two sovereign nations, Singapore and Srilanka.  In India, it is also the official language of the Union Territory of Puducherry.  

Tamil is spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, and the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Island. It is also spoken by the diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Cannada, and Australia.  Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. 

Facts about the Tamil language:-

• One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India.
• Tamil was the firs to classified as a classical language of India
• It one of the longest-surviving Classical Languages in the world.
• Recorded Tamil literature has been documented for over 200o years.
• The two earliest manuscripts from India acknowledged and registered by the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997 and 2005, were written in Tamil.
• Tamil has the most non-Sanskrit Indian literature among the Indian languages.
• A.K. Ramanujan described it as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical part."

Poetry about the Tamil language by Mahakavi Bharathiyar:

 யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ் மொழி போல் 

 இனிதாவது எங்கும் காணோம் ;

 பாமரராய், விலங்குகளாய்,

 உலகனைத்தும் 

இகழ்ச்சி சொல பான்மை கெட்டு 

நாமம்  அது தமிழரென கொண்டு இங்கு 

வாழ்ந்திடுதல்  நன்றோ? சொல்லீர் !

தேமதுர தமிழோசை உலகமெலாம் 

பரவும் வகை  செய்தல் வேண்டும் . 

  

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