Tamil is mother language for Tamilnadu people and Tamil Eelam people and srilankan language is sinhalam who are living in south & west island of Ceylon Tamileelam is north & east island of Ceylon
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.
Tamil is considered as the oldest language amongst the Dravidian languages.
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.
As my knowledge the tamil is oldest language among dravidian 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.
Tamil and Telugu belong to the Dravidian language family.
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.
The Tamil word "mannippu" is originated from the Tamil language itself. Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka.
Tamil is an ancient Language like Sanskrit and not derived from any. Its the parent for Any Dravidian languages [Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada].
Becos Tamil is the oldest of all the Dravidian languages. Epics are written in Tamil. Above all, Tamil is the only Indian language which is a National language in many countries, like Srilanka and Singapore.
Tamil and Kannada have their own numerals
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.