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| | Tamil language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Tamil is the first language of the majority in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and in northern and northeastern Sri Lanka. | | | Tamil is a member of the Tamil language family, which includes the Irula, Kaikadi, Betta Kurumba, Sholaga, and Yerukula languages. | | | Tamil is most closely related to Malayalam, spoken in the Indian state of Kerala which borders Tamil Nadu, which linguists estimate separated from Tamil between the 8th and 10th centuries. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
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| | Tamil |
| | It is the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu, and is the majority language in northern and northeastern Sri Lanka. | | | Tamil is a Dravidian language primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in India and many other countries. | | | The language has also retained some loanwords from Sanskrit, especially in the area of religion and spirituality. |
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http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/april/Tamil.html
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| | Tamil Language |
| | They went to the extent of denigrating Tamil as the language of the mortal and extolling Sanskrit as the language of gods. | | | The Tamil scholars consider it their duty to write in chaste Tamil free from Sanskrit and have been writing like this since the inception of the Pure Tamil Movement. | | | Likewise many Tamil words are phonetically changed and used as such in spoken and written Tamil of Sri Lanka. |
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http://www.tamil.net/people/george/tamil.html
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| | Tamil Nadu Home Page |
| | Tamil Nadu or "the land of Tamil" is the southern-most state of India. | | | The pride of many Tamils is the language Tamil itself. | | | One of the distinguishing features of Tamil is that it has three different forms of the sound "l". |
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http://www.cs.utk.edu/~siddhart/tamilnadu
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| | Tamil alphabet, pronunciation and language |
| | The Tamil alphabet is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India. | | | It is the first language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and is spoken by a significant minority of people (2 million) in north-eastern Sri Lanka. | | | The final five consonants (the blue ones) are known as grantha letters and are used to write consonants borrowed from Sanskrit, and also some words of English origin. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tamil.htm
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| | Tamil Language & Tamil Literature - தமிழ் மொழி, ... |
| | It reports that Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu and neighboring states and also in Bahrain, Fiji, Germany, Malaysia (Peninsular), Mauritius, Netherlands, Qatar, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE, United Kingdom. | | | In scriptual form, Tamil is made up of 247 scripts which comprise of 12 vowels 18 consonants and 1 aytham. | | | Madhivanan, Chief Editor of the Tamil Etymological Dictionary Proje ct, seems to be based on a sound knowledge of ancient Tamil etymology and grammar (beginning from Tholkappiam) and an awareness of all the proto-historical, archaeological, cultural and anthropological backgrounds of the issue. |
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http://www.tamilnation.org/literature
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| | Tamil Heritage Foundation's O-book |
| | Tamil culture has over the centuries evolved several customs and traditions that encompass the life of a Tamil from birth to death. | | | Since language is the key to culture an International Tamil Language consortium has to be established to teach this language using modern teaching methods15. | | | Tamil is a classical language of the world. |
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http://our_legacy.pitas.com
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| | The Tamil Language Page |
| | It is surprising that a language as old as Tamil has survived for such a long time and is still in everyday use. | | | It survives in two distinct forms: the spoken form and the written form. | | | To see a poem in Tamil script, click here. |
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http://www.cs.utk.edu/~siddhart/tamilnadu/language.html
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| | Ancient Scripts: Tamil |
| | It is currently used to write the Tamil language in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as well as in Sri Lanka. | | | This confusion is due to phonological changes not reflected in the script, and to loanwords from Sanskrit and nearby languages. | | | The last row of six letters are called Grantha letters and have been used to write Sanskrit loanwords. |
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http://www.ancientscripts.com/tamil.html
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| | Web Site for Learning and Teaching Tamil |
| | This module shows you the various systems that are in use for the transliteration of Tamil (in Tamil script) into the roman alphabet. | | | This section can be used to test your knowledge of Tamil tense markers. | | | This module gives a number of contrasting pairs, showing some of the differences between Spoken and Written Tamil. |
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http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/tamil.html
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| | Tamil Studies |
| | Though Tamil is popular to Tamil Nadu, in India, Tamil is also spoken in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore, where many Tamils have relocated over the centuries. | | | Tamil is a very beautiful language, full of poetry (Thirrukkal) and meaning. | | | Hence, book Tamil is not practical on the streets of Chennai. |
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http://members.tripod.com/~jap5/tamil.html
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| | THE GENEALOGY OF THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE |
| | They themselves are Tamils, and have taught me much not only about their language but about Tam ii customs as well. | | | Most of the Japanese samples are words in the ancient language, and the Tamil samples are those found in | | | It was more than ten years ago that interest in the Dravidian languages of South Indian began to spread among some Japanese researchers. |
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http://arutkural.tripod.com/tolcampus/jap-tamil.htm
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| | ITLF |
| | International Tamil Language Foundation with the motto "ENRICH THROUGH TAMIL" is one of the few Tamil associations in the U.S.A. (with members and supporters throughout the world) for the cause of developing and maintaining the tradition of Tamil language and culture in the U.S.A. and other nations. | | | This amount will be used to develop and maintain the tradition of Tamil language and culture. | | | Culturescape of Tamils-A Bibliography and Publication of rare Tamil Manuscripts |
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http://www.webindia.com/np/us/itlf1.html
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| | Tamil language - Wikimedia Commons |
| | It is predominantly spoken in South India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. | | | Mahatma Gandhi's written wishes in Tamil for the memorial of Subramanya Bharathy in Ettayapuram | | | nl: Tamil is een taal en wordt met name gesproken in Zuid-India en Sri Lanka. |
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
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| | Indian State Implements Tamil Language Net Plan |
| | Karunanidhi said the state government would work closely with the governments and IT sectors of Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka on such Tamil language initiatives; Tamil is an official language in these countries as well. | | | Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government had announced that it would set up a distance learning Center to teach Tamil in Mauritius through the Madras University. | | | The initiative, announced by Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, includes seed support for a state-level Tamil Internet Research Center and a World Tamil University. |
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http://news.earthweb.com/bus-news/article.php/70631
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| | Tamil.net - தமிழ் இணையம் |
| | It is not those 20 years back when thousands of Tamils massacred, looted, raped and burnt alive, and there was not any media then to tell the world what was happening. | | | Economist says, "In the important southern state of Tamil Nadu, a... | | | But this time the world witnessed the attempted genocide perpetrated on Tamil speaking areas. |
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http://www.tamil.com
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| | TamilNet |
| | "Tamils in Ilankai (Sri Lanka) and those displaced from here in the Diaspora are rendering great service to the promotion and continued vitality of the Tamil language. | | | Many Tamil intellectuals from the Northeast and other parts of the country are gathered here today. | | | South African Tamils protest against Sri Lanka's rights violations |
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http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=10157
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| | Separate screens for Tamil sentences in formal written style and informal spoken style. | | | Easy to consult pop-up fields with explanations on grammar, cultural notes and translations. | | | Web Assisted Learning and Teaching of Tamil (WALTT) at |
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~vasur/project.html
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| | Tamil Language Home Page |
| | The Tamil pages and resource materials on this site require one of the following fonts. | | | Science related Tamil articles, inlcuding verses containing basic formulae in Mechanics of Materials in MylaiPlain Font -last updated 23 March 1997 | | | If you have Anjal,Inaimathi/InaiKathir fonts, you can view them by clicking the following link |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8780
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| | Home of Seattle Tamil Sangam |
| | STS has been serving the Tamil speaking community of Seattle and surrounding areas for more than 10 years. | | | We seek to promote and co-ordinate Tamil cultural, educational and community activities. | | | We are open to all persons interested in promoting the Tamil language and culture. |
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http://www.seattletamilsangam.org
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| | index |
| | How to use n,l,r sounding letters in Tamil words | | | Want to practice speaking Tamil with these volunteers? | | | Free educational software that you can use to learn Tamil |
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http://tamil.net/learn-tamil
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| | Yamada Language Center: Tamil WWW Guide |
| | The Tamil Nadu Home Page which includes a Tamil Language Page. | | | This page is maintained by the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon. | | | Tamil Language - Resources and programs for Tamil |
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http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/tamil.html
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| | tamil language |
| | No more silly talk about Tamil after that in that office in "Sundar Mumbai, Marathi Mumbai." | | | Posted At The pot-and-stone-comparison of Tamil is such an old chestnut, that even the northerners should have forgotten about it by now. | | | Seems like it has not been laid to rest yet. |
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http://www.sysindia.com/forums/Jokes/archive/710.html
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| | Tamil language schools and courses |
| | We don't have any listing for Tamil at the moment. | | | Use the search box below to find Tamil courses | | | For a detailed search of our database click here. |
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http://www.edufind.com/languages/learn_Tamil.cfm
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| | Kapruka - Free Tamil Email and Tamil Language tools |
| | Kapruka - Free Tamil Email and Tamil Language tools | | | This Tamil email system was written and implemented by the two founders of Kapruka, Dulith Herath and Sugath Perera. | | | The main concepts used here has a Patent in Sri Lanka, and pending patents in United States and Australia by Dulith Herath. |
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http://www.lanka.info/smail/mailClient/tamil_EmailFrontPage.html
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| | Tamil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tamil language, one of the Dravidian languages primarily spoken in the South Asia | | | Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language | | | The phrase Tamil country is used sometimes to refer to the regions with a significant population of Tamil-speaking people. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil
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| | anbutamil.com - Unique Indian Baby Names with Meanings |
| | So, here's our humble attempt to list some unique names from Indian culture, especially those that likely originated from Tamil language - first language to be recognized as a Classical Language by The Government of India. | | | For example, India has about 15 official languages, and an estimated 850 languages in daily use - no wonder she is referred to as Sub-Continent! | | | A rich language with a literary tradition spanning a few thousand years, Tamil has enriched and benefitted from many other languages. |
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http://www.anbutamil.com
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| | UCLA Language Materials Project Language Profiles Page |
| | There is also a link to select the Profile for another language. | | | Each Language Profile includes information about the historical, cultural, and social roots of the language, a map showing where the language is spoken, basic facts about the grammar, writing systems, and history of the language, and a wealth of other sociolinguistic information. | | | Each page also includes contains links to the LMP citations for that language and a list of websites of interest to teachers and learners of the language. |
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http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/proft02.htm
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| | TAMIL - a Language of India |
| | Population total all countries 66,000,000 first language speakers; 74,000,000 including second language users (1999 WA). | | | Possibly including second language speakers: 120,000 in Réunion (1991 Froise). | | | Pittman, Richard S. "Tense versus lax word-base prosodies as manifested in Tamil retroflexion versus Hindi aspiration." |
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http://www.encyclopedia.mu/Society/Language/Tamil.htm
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| | Tamil Language In Context |
| | This project was supported in part by the South Asia Language Resource Center under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. | | | Click here for Video Lessons for I and II year materials |
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http://lrrc3.sas.upenn.edu/tamilonline
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| | Sinhala & Tamil Free Fonts - Word Processor & Email |
| | Visited By Over 80000 Sinhala and Tamil Users | | | of Sinhala and Tamil Native Languages for Information Technology | | | Sinhala and Tamil Free Fonts - Word Processor and Email |
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http://www.info.lk/slword
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