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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.
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Tamil (Thamizh) is the oldest language in the world - the oldest book in Tamil is Tholkappium which is 3000 years old describing the grammar of Tamil. If the book describes about grammer the language & literature must be older than that
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∙ 11y agoTamil is considered as the oldest language amongst the Dravidian languages and one of the classical languages of the world .
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∙ 13y agoThey are different languages
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Which is The largest Dravidian language in India?
Tamil is considered as the oldest language amongst the Dravidian languages.
Which Dravidian language has its own numerals?
Tamil and Kannada have their own numerals
Are Finnish and Estonian Dravidian languages?
No, neither Finnish nor Estonian is a Dravidian language. Dravidian languages are predominately spoken in South Asia, whereas Finnish and Estonian are closely related Uralic languages.
What are some foods that dravidian Indians eat?
Dravidian at the earliest they wont kill any animals , they like a vegetarian. In the Mordern world dravidian used to take non- vegetarian.
Is Dravidian University Kuppam recognised by kerala psc?
Dravidian University's Degree courses are approved by calicut university.so it is recognised by kerala p.s.c
Which is the oldest language among Dravidian languages?
As my knowledge the tamil is oldest language among dravidian language
What is a dravidian language?
The Dravidian language is used in numerous countries. They language is spoken in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Malaysia.
Which is the oldest language among Dravidian language?
Telugu..!
Are all South Indians Dravidians?
South India is also known as "Dravida," thus anyone from the region may be called "Dravidian." However, more specifically, Dravidian peoples are those whose native language belongs to the Dravidian language family. The majority of South Indians do speak a Dravidian language, however many others speak a language belonging to the Munda language family instead and thus they are not, in this sense, "Dravidian."
What is the meaning of Tamil?
Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language., One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India., The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
Which is The largest Dravidian language in India?
Tamil is considered as the oldest language amongst the Dravidian languages.
Is Tamil aryan language?
Tamil is a Dravidian language, not an Aryan language. The Dravidian languages are a separate language family from the Indo-Aryan languages, which includes languages like Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi. Tamil has a rich literary tradition and is one of the oldest classical languages in the world.
What Is a common ancestral language from which other Indian language were derived?
From Dravidian language
What Dravidian language is spoken by most of the people in India?
Telugu is the most spoken dravidian language in india and so many people mistook with hindi as the most spoken dravidian language!! But it is not so, though hindi is the most spoken language in india but it is not dravidian, it is Indo-Aryan(some say Indo-Persian) If there are any grammatical mistakes in my answer, sorry for those!
Which Pakistani language belongs to dravidian group of languages?
Brahvi
Which language mother for all dravidian language?
It must be Tamil as it is the oldest of all the dravidian languages. Tamil is a classical language which is born in Lemuria. Tamil is a mother of all Dravidian language like Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Thulu. Its born before 3000 years ago.still it has a powerful grammatical and poetical value. now more then 500 million peoples are talking Tamil.
What language family do Tamil and Telugu belong to?
Tamil and Telugu belong to the Dravidian language family.
