Teen Vogue: The Tamil Language Connects Me to My Culture in a Way That Transcends Words
The Tamil Language Connects Me to My Culture in a Way That Transcends Words
Although the name of the language which was developed by these Tamil Sangams is mentioned as Tamil, the period when the name "Tamil" came to be applied to the language is unclear, as is the precise etymology of the name.
Tamil, people originally of southern India who speak Tamil, one of the principal languages of the Dravidian family.
After the outbreak of Sri Lanka’s civil war in the 1980s, Tamil-speaking Sri Lankans migrated to many different countries around the world, including Canada, France, UK, Germany, and Switzerland, so that today Tamil can be called a truly global language.
Tamil is one of the major languages of southern India. It is spoken principally in the state of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras), located on the eastern coast and extending down to the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent. There are about 60 million Tamil speakers in India.
This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language spoken in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India, it’s my mother tongue — a language everybody else in my family speaks.
MSN: A conversation with Jeyamohan on Tamil literature, translation, and what changes when a language leaves home
Tamil is one of the oldest living literary languages in the world. Its classical corpus stretches back over two millennia. Its modern literature, however, has had to fight for oxygen inside its own ...
A conversation with Jeyamohan on Tamil literature, translation, and what changes when a language leaves home