Talk:Tamil/Introduction


 * Which Tamil

[Someone needs to make it clear on whether this is Tamil from Tamil Nadu in India, or Tamil from Sri Lanka. There are of course similarities, but enough of a difference to confuse readers who don't know which one they are dealing with here.]
 * I don't think there are several Tamil languages. Yann 07:28, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Response: My mother-in-law is Sri Lankan Tamil. I tried to learn some basics, but didn't realise the Tamil books I bought were from Tamil Nadu - and were quite different from the Tamil she speaks.


 * Tamil! National Language of India?

Tamil is not the national language of India, as I know. --sanat 07:02, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

In India, Hindi is the national language, and Tamil is one of the 15 recognised official languages. In Sri Lanka, Sinhala and Tamil are the 2 national/official languages. -- Atif.Hussain


 * Hindi is not the national language. It is a candidate for national language according to the constitution. The trial period has always been extended.


 * 3500 years?

The Tamil article on Wikipedia says the oldest known works in Tamil are from 300BC, which suggests 2300 years rather than 3500. -- Dannyyee 11:50, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Some of the oldest scriptures dates back to 300 BC. But it not neccessarliy mean that Tamil did not exist prior to that. So "Tamil has been around for about 3500 years", is not an exaggeration. -- [User : Prathip S A. 19:47, 25th May 2005 (IST)

Only one Tamil
Friends,

There is nothing like Tamil from India and Tamil from Sri lanka. Orgin of Tamil is from Tamil Nadu, A south east state of India. Few thousands of Tamil people were migrated to Srilanka from Tamilnadu about 200 years back to work in the tea estates.

jp, jp@tamil.in

Indian & Sri Lankan Tamils
To jp, jp@tamil.in,

you are very confused, you are refering to the indian tamils in the sri lankan estates, they are conpletly different from sri lankan tamils who in sri lanka for more then 200 years.

please get your facts correct first

bye : KR


 * why don't you guys quit bitching in public. Tamil is a great language that is thousands of years old. Variations are quite understandable. Take pride in it

npov removal
is there any reason for this to be here?? I cannot find anything npov about this ?? so can i remove it?? - suren
 * I agree, removed the tag. --Derbeth talk 09:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)