What is the difference between Dravidian and Tamil?

Tamil Nadu alone is grappling with a pseudo racial-linguistic identity called “Dravidian”. Dravidian refers to the language group comprising Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tulu which are all contiguous but also includes Brahui which is spoken in the Baluch province of Pakistan. He called it Dravidian.

Is Tamil similar to Telugu?

NO – they are entirely different – the script is different. Telugu follows devnagri lipi i.e. you read what you write – word to word but in Tamil as in English the phonetics differ depending on the placement of the alphabet in the word.

What is the classification of the Tamil language?

Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages, a family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent. It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family that, alongside Tamil proper, includes the languages of about 35 ethno-linguistic groups such as the Irula and Yerukula languages (see SIL Ethnologue).

Which Indian state has Tamil as its official language?

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 Islands.

What are the different Tamil dialects in India?

Tamil dialects include Central Tamil dialect, Kongu Tamil, Madras Bashai, Madurai Tamil, Nellai Tamil, Kumari tamil in India and Batticaloa Tamil dialect, Jaffna Tamil dialect, Negombo Tamil dialect in Sri Lanka.

How many Tamil inscriptions have been found in India?

More than 55\% of the epigraphical inscriptions (about 55,000) found by the Archaeological Survey of India are in the Tamil language. Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script have been discovered in Sri Lanka and on trade goods in Thailand and Egypt. The two earliest manuscripts from India,…