What is the difference between Tamil and Malayalam language?

The predominant difference between Tamil and Malayalam is in their syntax and semantics. The origin of Tamil is the 5th century B.C. while Malayalam’s origin is the 10th century A.D. Malayalam is more independent and closer to Sanskrit than the Tamil language. Tamil possesses a greater population than Malayalam.

How many letters are there in Malayalam?

The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 42 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords….

How many letters are in the Tamil?

247 letters
The Tamil alphabet has 12 vowels, 18 consonants, 12 vowels by 18 consonants, 1 unique character ஃ totalling 247 letters. 1. 2.

Does the number of letters in the Tamil alphabet matter?

Script and the number of letters are not the ones to decide the identity or usefulness of a language – any language. As a matter of fact, there are some sections of Tamils who want to reduce the letters even more – by eliminating the vowel ai (ஐ) and au (ஔ) as these can be replaced by two other letters அ and ய் for (அய் = ஐ) and அ and வ் (அவ் =ஔ).

Why is Malayalam written in Tamil and not Sanskrit?

Due to the influence of sanskrit Malayalam accepted basic principle of sanskrit and adopted the alphabetic structure. But it’s syntax is purely Tamil. There is no doubt that Tamil is the oldest language. Tamil did not allow to penetrate Sanskrit in to its solid foundation. The meaning for Sanskrit is ‘refined script’.

What is the origin of the Malayalam language?

It was created by the mixing of this Tamil dialect and Sanskrit. During this mixing, many Sanskrit letters where borrowed into Malayalam, whilst retaining it’s native sounds such as : “ന” “റ” “ള”and “ ഴ” unique to Tamil and Malayalam.

What is the Tamil word for ஔவையார்?

As a matter of fact, there are some sections of Tamils who want to reduce the letters even more – by eliminating the vowel ai (ஐ) and au (ஔ) as these can be replaced by two other letters அ and ய் for (அய் = ஐ) and அ and வ் (அவ் =ஔ). For example அய்ம்பது can replace ஐம்பது and அவ்வையார் can replace ஔவையார்.