Talk:Tamil language/Archive 1

message: It seems to have removed the "old" issue from the page after Brion's and Morwen's rant. The page should at least have the note that "Few historians and linguists believe that Tamil is one of the surviving older language"---incase if you prefer more NPOV. 
It is widely accepted the fact that Tamil is one of the older languages and a parent language of many dravidian languages. No need to hide the truth because of those rants.--Rrjanbiah 07:41, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Old issue

message: May anbody watching this page be so kind to have a look at Talk:Grantha? -- Pjacobi 07:59, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grantha 

message: Please feel free to add any tasks that have to be done to improve the quality of this article. Once again, Kudos to Sundar for the great work. Needs comment from non-native speakers.
#Clean up --Rrjanbiah 05:27, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  To-do list 

message: Both this article and Tolkaappiyam use the word alphabets in the plural sever times over in contexts which make it quite clear that the correct word should be either letters or characters. Is this a mere oversight or is there some reason for it? — Hippietrail 11:48, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alphabets 

message: Malayalam, spoken by the people of Kerala state - which borders Tamil Nadu - closely resembles Tamil in vocabulary, syntax and script. Hence it is hypothesised to have been evolved arund 800 AD from a dialect of Tamil called Malaithamil (meaning Tamil of the mountains).
Unfortuantely, I don't agree with this sentence and I'll be happy to look at the references if any. IMHO, it is better to leave all dravidian languages as sister languages than to call Malayalam as "Derived languages". For me, it is too vague to see Malaithamil->Malayalam. Also, I don't see such close resemblance of script either; say for example try writing the word Sangamam in Tamil and Malayalam. Usually people in borders picking up other languages easier--someone in South may find some resemblance of Tamil in Malayalam and in north may found some resemblance of Tamil in Telugu/Kannada. This doesn't proves this theory. If you look at Ethnologue report it explains different theory. Also, look at this link --Rrjanbiah 19:06, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree very strongly that "Malaitamil" sounds rather unconvincing.  Cera Tamil was once spoken in the areas where Malayalam is spoken today, but the relationship between Cera Tamil, Centamil, Manipravalam, and Malayalam is a rather complicated one.  So, basically, I think we should drop the section on derived languages altogether, and just say (in the "Classification" section) that Malayalam is very closely related to Tamil. --Arvind 19:22, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derived languages 

message: An anonymous user has stated that Tamil is an official language in Malaysia.  Article 152(1) of the constitution of Malaysia provides that "the national language shall be the Malay language."  I see no mention of Tamil in the constitution.  Unless there is some other law that gives Tamil official status, the reference should be removed.  Arvind 15:51, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tamil in [[Malaysia]] 

message: *Grammatical gender states that Tamil does not use genders. How many of the people here agree with that?
** Oops! That's a blunder. --  05:05, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
*And what is the source of translating "aḵṟiṇai" as irrational?
** I think User:Vadakkan added it. He can be reached in his nn wiki talk page. --  05:05, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
** GU Pope interprets them as meaning "rational" and "irrational" on the strength of the nannul.  Try his "Tamil Handbook" (cited in the references to the main article as Pope 1868). --Arvind 00:21, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender (etc.) 

message: Puthiya aandil en pon vaazhthukkal to every Tamil lover! So many interesting things are being discussed here. I have added this to my Watchlist. Swami Vimokshananda 10:08, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Year Greetings! 

message: Purananoorru is on AfD. Please comment on it and if possible, copyedit the article. Tintin Talk 19:56, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Articles for deletion