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Doctrina Christam - Kirisithiyaani Vanakkam.1579 AD. The appearance of Tamil in print, both in Roman transliteration and in its native script was the result of the convergence between colonial expansion and local politics, coupled with the beginnings of the Jesuit 'Madurai Mission' led, among others, by a Portuguese Jesuit priest, Henrique Henriques who arrived on the Fishery Coast in 1547.
Tamil Tamiḻ தமிழ் The word "Tamil" in the Tamil script Pronunciation [t̪amiɻ] ⓘ Native to India and Sri Lanka Region Tamil Nadu and the enclaves of Puducherry and Karaikal Sri Lanka Northern Province Eastern Province Ethnicity Tamils Sri Lankan Moors Native speakers L1: 79 million (2011–2019) L2: 8 million (2011) Language family Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil– Kannada ...
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. On the basis of several precursors, including Rottler's Tamil–English ...
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu ( India ), Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [ 1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages ...
Athichudi. The Athichudi ( Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words. It aims to inculcate good habits, discipline and doing good deeds.
The Tamil Wikipedia is the second largest Wikipedia among Indian languages and the 60th largest Wikipedia by article count (as of 15 August 2024). [1] It is also the first and only Wikipedia of Dravidian origin to possess more than 150,000+ articles (as of 2022). The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language ...
Tamil is the widely spoken and official language of the state. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world. [2] The Tamil development department is responsible for the development of the language through the directorate of Tamil development, administration of educational institutes, translation of works and institution of literature awards. [3]
Tamiloid languages, Dravidian languages related to Tamil, spoken in India. Tamil script, the writing system of the Tamil language. Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode. Tamil dialects, referencing geographical variations in speech. Tamil culture, culture of the Tamil people. Tamil cuisine, cuisine of the Tamil people.