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According to linguistic scholars Tamil is older than Kannada.Classical Kannada (language of the Kadamba/Chalukya/Rashtrakuta literature, 4th AD)Language familyDravidianSouthern Tamil-Kannada Kannada-Badaga KannadaTamil Language tree -Classical Tamil (Sangam literature ca. 3rd BC or Older, by Tolkappiyam)Language familyDravidianSouthern Tamil-Kannada Tamil-Kodagu Tamil-Malayalam Tamil Tamil
Tamil and Kannada have their own numerals
Tamil means language in the oldest dravidian language in sangam period. currently there is a south indian language which is formed with same name from the same old dravidian language. but the word tamil only means "language" or "lingua" or "bhasha" or "bahasa" and it has four derivatives which are kannada, malayalam,tamil and telugu.
Sanskrit is the oldest among the four languages, followed by Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. Sanskrit was already an established classical language before Tamil received its classical status. Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada were recognized as classical languages in the modern era.
Telugu has been recognized as a classical language by the government of India.
They speak Telugu...usually or Tamil or Kannada..
Telugu, Kannada and Tamil are equally old. Kannada and Tamil greatly influenced by Sanksrit and Telugu was influence by Prakrit. Prakrit was a natural language and oldest inscriptions are found in Prakrit language and Sanskrit took over and became administrative language. In 458AD old Kannada became first administrative language of Karnata (which uses kadamba script aka old-kannada script) and next was Telugu became second administrative language of Trilanga Desha and in the 7th century Tamil kings followed neighbors and it became third administrative language in the tamil country. All the written literature works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil started from 9th century onwards and part of those works are pretty faithful to Sankrit work. Tamil claiming oldest and all is just political in nature without technical back up. This propoganda stared in 1920 to overthrow growing Sanksrit in the region against Brahmins and this has led to DMK kind of parties coming into power.
Tamil is an ancient Language like Sanskrit and not derived from any. Its the parent for Any Dravidian languages [Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada].
Malayalam is one of the most popular languages and it has received a sreshta bhasha padavi which means best language title.
Tamil is part of the Dravidian language family, with the closest major relative being the other Dravidian languages such as Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. These languages share structural similarities and historical linguistic connections.
It's Kannada in state of Karnatka, Malyalam in state of Kerela, Telegu in state of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil in state of Tamil Nadu.