As a conclusion of his research in Greek, Latin and English, he says words from Tamil have gone on to influence Latin and English languages. Linguistic experts have often highlighted that the first couplet in Thirukkural has Sanskrit words. Thiruvalluvar, has in fact, never used Sanskrit words in Thirukkural. As far as the usage of Sanskrit words in ancient Tamil scriptures is concerned, it is minimal. Can Mamata go national? Successful coalitions at the Centre have been usually headed by leaders with weak power bases.
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Hate smug liberals? The same is for Sanskrit. Both Chinese and Egyptian languages are way older than Tamil and Sanskrit. According to Ethnologue, around 7, languages are spoken today, and only 3, have a written form.
Adding to the same, history professor Kapil Kumar told Logically that the written scripts came much later, whereas the oral form was already in existence. It must also be noted that most languages — including spoken languages of today — are harder to study, and when they are no longer spoken, they are lost to time.
This argument over languages is not new in India, and often escalates around elections in the southern states. Tamils have long felt pride in their linguistic heritage, and have always opposed the imposition of Hindi in the state. This led to an eruption of anti-Hindi protests across the state, with a spate of self-immolations by college students.
History repeated itself in when Bharatiya Janata Party's new education Policy NEP again introduced a three-language formula that Tamil leaders saw as an imposition of Hindi. Tamil Nadu will never allow it. With social media emerging as a new battleground in the upcoming elections, there has been a revival of language as a political tool in Tamil Nadu yet again. Just weeks before the elections, it is unlikely such linguistic arguments around Tamil culture will fall silent any time soon.
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Get the latest fact checks, exclusive content and keep up to date with how Logically are fighting misinformation. This language is still keeping its nature alive. Hebrew Language Hebrew is the language falling under the Semitic branch of the Sami-Hami language-family. The Hebrew language is about years old. It is currently the official language of Israel, after its extinction, the Israeli people revived it.
The Hebrew language is written in the Hebrew script, read and written from right to left. Studies of Hebrew are relatively popular nowadays in Western universities. Latin Language Greek is the third oldest language in the world.
Latin was the official language of the ancient Roman Empire and ancient Roman religion. It is currently the official language of the Roman Catholic Church and the official language of the Vatican City. Like Sanskrit, it is a classical language. Latin comes in the romance branch of the Indo-European language family. From this, French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese and the most popular language of the present time, English has originated.
Due to the dominance of Christianity in Europe, Latin language in medieval and pre-modern times was the international language of almost all Europe, in which books of all religions, science, higher literature, philosophy and mathematics were written.
Tamil Language The Tamil language is recognized as the oldest language in the world and it is the oldest language of the Dravidian family. This language had a presence even around 5, years ago. According to a survey, newspapers are published in the Tamil language only every day. At present, the number of speakers of Tamil language is around 7. The Sanskrit language is called Devbhasha. All the universities and educational institutions spread across the world consider Sanskrit as the most ancient language.
The Sanskrit language has been spoken since 5, years before Christ. Sanskrit is still the official language of India.
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