Tamil language is one of the famous and ancient Dravidian languages spoken by people in Tamil Nadu and the 5th most spoken language in India. Tamil is also an official spoken language in Sri L anka & Singapore. Tamil is a very old classical language and has inscriptions from 500 B.C and plays a significant role as a language in the world today. The huge number of Tamil speaking people cutting.
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This article contains. Without proper, you may see, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text.words of origin came about as part of the more than 2000 years of language interactions between and in the island of Sri Lanka. Sinhala is classified as an language and Tamil is classified as a language. Separated from its sister Indo-Aryan languages such as and by a large belt of Dravidian languages, Sinhala along with of the Maldives evolved somewhat separately.Close interaction with the Tamil language and the assimilation of Tamil immigrants from South India into Sinhalese society contributed to the adoption several Tamil origin words into the Sinhalese language. It is important to note that the range of borrowings goes beyond the scope to be expected for a situation where two neighbouring peoples exchange material goods: Firstly, there are many Tamil loanwords pertaining to everyday and social life (kinship terms, body parts, ordinary activities). Secondly, several lexical words (, and ) along with interjections ( ayiyō), ( aḍō) have also been borrowed. This - along with the impact Tamil has had on Sinhala (e.g.
The use of a of 'to say' as a meaning 'whether' and 'that') - is suggestive of not only close coexistence but the existence of large numbers of and a high degree of mixing. Coperahewa, Sandagomi and Arunachalam,Sarojini Devi Sinhala Bhashave Demala Vacana AkaradiyaDictionary of Tamil Words in Sinhala (Colombo: S.Godage, 2002). Gair, James (1998). Studies in South Asian Linguistics.: Oxford University Press. P. 368.: Linguistic Character of Sinhalese, in: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon), Vol. XXXIV. Gunasekara, A.M.: A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo 1891 (reprint New Delhi 1986), (§234: Naturalised and derived words from Tamil)External links.
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