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Dravidian languages and Tolkāppiyam

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Dravidian languages and Tolkāppiyam

Dravidian languages vs. Tolkāppiyam

The Dravidian languages are a language family spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India, as well as in Sri Lanka with small pockets in southwestern Pakistan, southern Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, and overseas in other countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The Tholkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம், literally Paleo-literature) is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature and linguistics.

Similarities between Dravidian languages and Tolkāppiyam

Dravidian languages and Tolkāppiyam have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Iravatham Mahadevan, Kamil Zvelebil, Orthography, Phonology, Robert Caldwell, Sangam literature, Tamil language, Tamil-Brahmi.

Iravatham Mahadevan

Iravatham Mahadevan (born 2 October 1930) is an Indian epigraphist and former civil servant, known for his successful decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley Civilization.

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Kamil Zvelebil

Kamil Václav Zvelebil (September 17, 1927 – January 17, 2009) was a distinguished Czech scholar in Indian literature and linguistics, notably Tamil, Sanskrit, Dravidian linguistics and literature and philology.

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Orthography

An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language.

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Phonology

Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.

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Robert Caldwell

Bishop Robert Caldwell (7 May 1814 – 28 August 1891) was a missionary and linguist, who academically established the Dravidian family of languages.He served as Assistant Bishop of Tirunelveli from 1877.

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Sangam literature

The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், Sanga ilakkiyam) is the ancient Tamil literature of the period in the history of ancient southern India (known as the Thamizhagam or the Tamilagam) spanning from c. 300 BCE to 300 CE.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamil-Brahmi

Tamil-Brahmi, or Tamili, is a variant of the Brahmi script used to write the Tamil language.

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Dravidian languages and Tolkāppiyam Comparison

Dravidian languages has 289 relations, while Tolkāppiyam has 51. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.35% = 8 / (289 + 51).

References

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