Is Tamil older than Malayalam?

The Sangam works can be considered as the ancient predecessor of Malayalam. Some scholars however believe that both Tamil and Malayalam developed during the prehistoric period from a common ancestor, ‘Proto-Tamil-Malayalam’, and that the notion of Malayalam being a ‘daughter’ of Tamil is misplaced.

Which language is older Tamil or Telugu?

3. Telugu is one the oldest languages in the world. The Dravidian languages are considered some of the oldest ever spoken. Specifically, Tamil –one of Telugu’s “cousin” languages – is recognized as having been around approximately 5,000 years ago.

Can you differentiate between Telugu Malayalam and Kannada scripts?

I can’t differentiate between Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada scripts but I can differentiate between Tamil and Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Because Tamil has half of the consonants of Malayalam. Tamil is the only language that doesn’t have more consonants and less vowels.

Is it easy for a typical Malayali to understand Telugu?

Telugu and Malayalam belong to Dravidian language family. Most of the Malayalis can understand Tamil. Kannada is also intelligible to most of them. But, it is bit difficult for a typical Malayali to comprehend Telugu. As a child I believed that it is easy to speak Telugu.

Does Malayalam have round or flat letters?

Malayalam has round letters (For a person who has not learned any of the south Indian languages, all four scripts will look round. Don’t worry) But what I mean by this is, it is more round as compared to Tamil (to which it is most similar). There are 51 letters in Malayalam out of which only 14 have some straight lines within them.

Why is Tamil so different from Malayalam?

Because Tamil has half of the consonants of Malayalam. Tamil is the only language that doesn’t have more consonants and less vowels. Tamil is the only language which protest Sanskrit script and make language pure. Eg: Tamil script doesn’t have Hindi vowel words like ‘ऋ’ (ru), ‘अं’ (an/am) and ‘अः’ (aha).