Tamil

Li tamil lingue es un lingue in Sud-Asia. It es oficial lingue in India, Sri Lanka e Singapor. Tamil apartene al gruppe del Dravidian-lingues e al sub-gruppe del Sud-Dravidian lingues. Hay adminim 76 milliones persones, qui usa tamil quam lingue matrin. In India it es parlat in li sud-indian state de Tamil Nadu. In li annu 2004 li guvernament dat tamil li statu de un classic lingue.

Li tamil lingue ne es tant fort influentiat del sanskrit-lingue quam omni altri dravidian lingues. Tamil have li max tradition de un lingue por litteratura del omni sud-indian lingues. Ti tradition es plu quam 2000 annus old. In Sri Lanka it es parlat in li nord e li ost del insul.

Hodie esset mult diferenties inter li parlat e li scrit version del tamil. Tamil es scrit un propri scrite. Li substantives es declinat in ott casus.

Literratura
 M. S. Andronov: A Standard Grammar of Modern and Classical Tamil. Madras: New Century Book House, 1969.
 E. Annamalai und Sanford B. Steever: Modern Tamil. In: Sanford B. Steever (Editor): The Dravidian Languages. London / New York: Routledge, 1998. P. 100–128.
 A. H. Arden: A Progressive Grammar of the Tamil Language. Madras: Christian Literature Society, 1942 (Reprintat 1969).
 Hermann Beythan: Praktische Grammatik der Tamilsprache. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1943.
 Francis Britto: Diglossia: A Study of the Theory with Application to Tamil. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1986.
 Thomas Lehmann: A Grammar of Modern Tamil. Pondicherry: Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, 1989.

Category:Lingues
Category:Dravitian lingues