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Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu, sol, poruḷ, yāppu, and aṇi. Of these, the last two are mostly applicable in poetry. [ 1] The following table gives additional information about these parts. Eḻuttu (writing) defines and describes the letters of the Tamil alphabet and their classification.
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 ...
Printing in Tamil language. First Tamil book was printed in Lisbon on 1554 AD with Romanized Tamil script. The introduction and early development of printing in South India is attributed to missionary propaganda and the endeavours of the British East India Company. Among the pioneers in this arena, maximum attention is claimed by the Jesuit ...
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.
Example of Manipravalam text converted to Tamil language and script. It is suggested that the advent of the Manipravalam style, where letters of the Grantha script coexisted with the traditional Vatteluttu letters, made it easier for people in Kerala to accept a Grantha-based script Ārya eḻuttŭ, and paved the way for the introduction of the new writing system. [14]
Charu Nivedita (born 18 December 1953) is a Tamil writer based in Chennai, India. His novel Zero Degree (1998) was translated into English in 2013 and longlisted that year for the annual Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. It was also selected or the prestigious 50 Writers, 50 Books - The Best of Indian Fiction, published in 2013 by HarperCollins.
Vethathiri was born into a Tamil family on August 14, 1911, in Guduvancheri near Madras in the Madras Presidency (now part of Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu). [6] He was the eighth child of his parents Varadappan and Chinnammal, who were weavers . [ 2 ]
Vanakkam FM – CJVF-FM, Toronto, Ontario. International Tamil Radio - Montreal, Quebec. Velicham FM – Toronto, Ontario. Tamilthai FM – Toronto, Ontario. Thaalam FM (தாளம் தமிழ் வானொலி) Tamil Star Radio (தமிழ் வானொலி) Canadian Thamil Radio (கனேடிய தமிழ் ...