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Well, it is a matter of debate still. There is more research work to be done to ascertain if this may perhaps be true. However there are some strong indications to suggest this, as explained below.
Scientific basis:
Archaeological discoveries have so far found that Tamil was in use since 1000 BC - 500 BC, with the discoveries of ruins in Adichanallur among other places.
Tamil is usually regarded as the one that is least influenced by Sanskrit or all other languages in India. So this has led many scholars and researchers to hypothesize that Tamil and Sanskrit were contemporaries.
However an underwater city has been found off the coast of Tamilnadu (South Eastern India) which was called as Poompuhar in Tamil literature, these findings were popularized by researcher Graham Hancock with his research work in circa 2002 (watch his very recent & important interview by following the link provided below in the Sources and related links section).
Until then, Poompuhar was considered as myth & mocked at, similar to how Troy's existence was considered as myth until it was discovered & found to be true. Hancock estimates that the ruined underwater city might be at least 9,500 years old or closer to the last ice age (10,000 BC), when ice melted to raise the sea level, which would account for the disappearance of many other ancient port cities & civilizations around the world (like Dwaraka off Gujarat coast, Yonaguni ruins near Japan, new underwater ruins near Alexandra, Egypt, etc).
But there has apparently not been much interest from Indian/Tamil nadu governments to research it more to discover the hidden past.
There are references in Ramayana & Mahabharatato some of the Tamil kings and kingdoms/empires. Also trade contacts between ancient Tamil kingdoms & Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand have been found. Some researchers consider the Indonesian empire Sri Vijaya as part of Chola empire.
We'll have to wait for some more time to let science tell us the truth.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agokal thondra, man thondra kaalathe mun thondriya mootha kudi engal tamil mozhi...
Which means tamil language was born even before the existence of humans.
but actually its the oldest language in history along with some foreign languages..
statistics tells it was born five centuries before christ born which means more than 2500 years old.
Additional info: its believed to be taught by Lord Muruga to Agasthiyar(a tamil sage) first. Later agasthiyar taught it to the humans.
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∙ 12y agoNo hard to answer!
English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate.
The English language underwent extensive change in the Middle Ages. Written Old English of AD 1000 is similar in vocabulary and grammar to other old Germanic languages such as Old High German and Old Norse, and completely unintelligible to modern speakers, while the modern language is already largely recognisable in written Middle English of AD 1400. (thanks to wikipedia)
Tamil as literary language is very old - over 5000 years, which we have come to know by the archeological literature, they are 3rd sangam's (High summit of the scholars of the literature) presentations and they themselves clears that the 3rd sangam is smaller than the previous two sangams.
As all of the world's ancient lanuguages (egyptian, aramic, ancient african, australian tribal, and chinese) are still having the conjugates or root-words and means of Tamil language, you can assume which is ancient.
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∙ 12y agoThere are about 247 letters in Tamil language in which 30 main letters are called 'Uyir yezhuthu' and 'mei yezhuthu'.The remaining 216 letters are derived from these letters and are called 'Uyirmei Yezhuthu'.If u r really strong in Maths,u should have realised one letter missing.That letter is called 'Ayudha yezhuthu'.
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∙ 11y agoWell the majority of people there will speak Tamil and a few will speak English beside that you'll also find people who speak other Indian languages mostly ,Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Karnataka
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∙ 8y agoyes it is from 7000bc
all language of our planet have derivative of Tamil root words not only indo European but also cameroons korien japanic languages, it more similar to Sumerian language!!
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∙ 6y agoTamil is believed as the oldest language in the world, dating to around 5000 B.C.
About 5000 years old. (It could be older)
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∙ 14y agovery old language in the world
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Which language older in dravidian language?
Scientific (archaeological) discoveries have so far found that Tamil was in use since 1000 BC - 500 BC, with the discoveries of ruins in Adichanallur among other places.Both languages seem to be related somehow due to the occurrence and similarity of many words in both languages. From a literary viewpoint, Kannada seems to be more influenced by Sanskrit while Tamil is usually regarded as the least influenced language by Sansrit of all other languages in India & so this has led many scholars & researchers to hypothesize that Tamil & Sanskrit were contemporaries.However, on a scientific basis, inscriptions in Kannada have been found as early as 500 AD or so.While an underwater city has been found off the coast of Tamil nadu (South Eastern India) which was called as Poompuhar in Tamil literature, these findings were popularized by researcher Graham Hancock with his research work in circa 2002 (watch his very recent & important interview by following the link provided below in the Sources and related links section).Until then, Poompuhar was considered as myth & mocked at, similar to how Troy's existence was considered as myth until it was discovered & found to be true. Hancock estimates that the ruined underwater city might be at least 9,500 years old or closer to the last ice age (10,000 BC), when ice melted to raise the sea level, which would account for the disappearance of many other ancient port cities & civilizations around the world (like Dwaraka off Gujarat coast, Yonaguni ruins near Japan, new underwater ruins near Alexandra, Egypt, etc).But there has apparently not been much interest from Indian/Tamil nadu governments to research it more to discover the hidden past.So it's not yet known which was older, although current knowledge based on archaeological discoveries makes one assume that Tamil is older. Also trade contacts between ancient Tamil kingdoms & Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand have been found. So we'll have to wait for some more time to let science tell us the truth.
Is it true Indian isn't a language?
Yeh, because i think their language is called Hindi
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It's not possible to count the words in any language, because there is no universal definition of what a word is. But most estimates place the number between 40,000 and 160,000 words (which is the same range for almost all other languages).Note: English is an exception. It has the largest number of words of any language in the world, estimated at 170,000 to 250,000 words. No language has more words than English.
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no tamil is the oldest and fully completed language in the world.
Who are the oldest representative democracy in the world can be found where?
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Pre-Summary:We don't actually know. The below suggestions do have some value as speculation about the oldest currently known language. However, they may not be correct.This is because the first languages were not written down. They were spoken-only languages, so there is no record of them and therefore we will never know which was oldest.However, the oldest text (aka written language) ever found was Sumerian. We have evidence of Sumerian documents dating back 5,000 years. By far, this is the oldest text ever discovered. But that doesn't mean Sumerian is the oldest language, there were certainly more before it.______________________________________________________________________________________________Suggestion 1There are several contenders to the title of "Oldest Language". It is next to impossible for historians to pinpoint exactly which is the absolute oldest. The decision of which is the oldest is usually highly opinionated.The contenders are:Mandarin ChineseSumerianTamilHebrewLithuanianGothicSanskrit_______________________________________________Suggestion 2:Sanskrit is the oldest language in the world, please see references below.Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest attested language of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is the language of the Vedas, the oldest Shruti texts of Hinduism, compiled over the period of the mid 4th to mid 3rd millennium BCE. It can be said that Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Tamil are the oldest major languages which are still spoken today.Sanskrit was also suggested as the best language for use in Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence by NASA. It is the only language in the world which is scientifically precise as was discovered by the NASA scientist Rick Briggs as published in the Artificial Intelligence MagazineRick Briggs:"As we shall see, there was a language spoken among an ancient scientific community that has a deviation of zero. This language is Sanskrit."_______________________________________________Suggestion 3:Sanskrit. An Indo-Aryan Language system dating back to 15000 BCE (Before Common Era). One of 22 official languages of India._______________________________________________Suggestion 4:Brahmi script is said to be the oldest language. It was found on the ruined sites on clay tablets etc. Archaeologists believe it to be the oldest language.There are claims that ancient historical facts of Old Tamil date back to around 7000 BC. Some consider Sumerian (a language that dates back to circa 5000 BC) to be an archaic form of Tamil .Tamil is also said to be the mother of Dravidian Tongues by many researchers. Modern Tamil, Malayalam , Kannada, Tulu are considered as originating from Ancient Tamil. The other remaining Dravidian language Telugu is considered to have originated from Kannada.Scientific basis:Archaeological discoveries have so far found that Tamil was in use since 1000 BC - 500 BC, with the discoveries of ruins in Adichanallur among other places.Tamil is usually regarded as the one that is least influenced by Sanskrit of all other languages in India & so this has led many scholars & researchers to hypothesize that Tamil & Sanskrit were contemporaries.However an underwater city has been found off the coast of Tamil nadu (South Eastern India) which was called as Poompuhar in Tamil literature, these findings were popularized by researcher Graham Hancock with his research work in circa 2002 (watch his very recent & important interview by following the link provided below in the Sources and related links section).Until then, Poompuhar was considered as myth & mocked at, similar to how Troy's existence was considered as myth until it was discovered & found to be true. Hancock estimates that the ruined underwater city might be at least 9,500 years old or closer to the last ice age (10,000 BC), when ice melted to raise the sea level, which would account for the disappearance of many other ancient port cities & civilizations around the world (like Dwaraka off Gujarat coast, Yonaguni ruins near Japan, new underwater ruins near Alexandra, Egypt, etc).But there has apparently not been much interest from Indian/Tamil nadu governments to research it more to discover the hidden past.There are references in Ramayana & Mahaharata to some of the Tamil kings and kingdoms/empires. Also trade contacts between ancient Tamil kingdoms & Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand have been found. Some researchers consider the Indonesian empire Sri Vijaya as part of Chola empire.Finally, we'll have to wait for some more time to let science tell us the truth.
The Great Smoky Mountains are among the oldest mountains in the world?
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Which language older in dravidian language?
Scientific (archaeological) discoveries have so far found that Tamil was in use since 1000 BC - 500 BC, with the discoveries of ruins in Adichanallur among other places.Both languages seem to be related somehow due to the occurrence and similarity of many words in both languages. From a literary viewpoint, Kannada seems to be more influenced by Sanskrit while Tamil is usually regarded as the least influenced language by Sansrit of all other languages in India & so this has led many scholars & researchers to hypothesize that Tamil & Sanskrit were contemporaries.However, on a scientific basis, inscriptions in Kannada have been found as early as 500 AD or so.While an underwater city has been found off the coast of Tamil nadu (South Eastern India) which was called as Poompuhar in Tamil literature, these findings were popularized by researcher Graham Hancock with his research work in circa 2002 (watch his very recent & important interview by following the link provided below in the Sources and related links section).Until then, Poompuhar was considered as myth & mocked at, similar to how Troy's existence was considered as myth until it was discovered & found to be true. Hancock estimates that the ruined underwater city might be at least 9,500 years old or closer to the last ice age (10,000 BC), when ice melted to raise the sea level, which would account for the disappearance of many other ancient port cities & civilizations around the world (like Dwaraka off Gujarat coast, Yonaguni ruins near Japan, new underwater ruins near Alexandra, Egypt, etc).But there has apparently not been much interest from Indian/Tamil nadu governments to research it more to discover the hidden past.So it's not yet known which was older, although current knowledge based on archaeological discoveries makes one assume that Tamil is older. Also trade contacts between ancient Tamil kingdoms & Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand have been found. So we'll have to wait for some more time to let science tell us the truth.
In refrence to civil conflict in sri lanka the expression tamil eelam translates as tamil?
In reference to civil conflict in Sri Lanka the expression tamil eelam translates as tamil. This is TRUE
Is it true that aboriginal art is the oldest art in the world?
Yes. It is known to be approximately 50,000 years old.
When and where did kannada language originate?
Research done in India is generally very inaccurate. It is true in any developing world. All the Indian languages have their origin in Sanskrit, a IndoEuropean language. Kannada is a more complete and classical language unlike Tamil which lacks even basic letters like 'ha' in its alphabet. Telugu script has its origin in Kannada. So do Konkani and Tulu languages.
Is welsh one of the oldest languages in Europe?
No. Greek is the oldest practiced language in Western Europe. Some people forget that Greece is considered a part of Western Europe. This is due to the history of Greece, which made Greece heavily tied to the true geographical definition of Western Europe. The Greek language has been around since about 1400 BCE. Disregarding Greece, Latin would be the oldest "surviving" language of Western Europe. Latin is still official in one country, Vatican City, and many people across the world still learn Latin. In addition, Latin is still used in naming items (from animals to elements). The Latin language was established around 500 BCE. If you don't count Latin, because truly Latin is a dead language, then yes, Welsh is the oldest practiced language in Western Europe, surviving from around 700 CE.
