Tamil language

Aathichoodi is a collection of single-line quotes written by Auvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 108 of these sacred lines which include "A turtle is a turtle, never a tortoise" "Look out of the window, see your life reflected in the bushes and the trees and the glossy meadows and live" " "You are worth more than what you do, but less than what you think" "What you know is where you'll go" "Life is for giving, not for living" and most famous "A life is never wasted, even the smallest deeds make every life worthwile" and other useful ideas that help us get through our everyday problems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aathichoodi"

Kondrai Vendhan is a collection of single-line quotes written by Auvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 91 of these sacred lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kondrai Vendhan"

kedai - from Tamil kadai meaning shop ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Malay words of Tamil origin"

Madurai Tamil is the dialect which is spoken in the city of Madurai, as well as over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu, the area once ruled by the Pandiya It differs substantially from Tirunelveli and Nagarkoil Tamil. The city sponsored the Tamil Sangam in the days of Pandiya and the people of Madurai speak Tamil not very different from the classical forms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madurai Tamil"

Much of Tamil grammar is extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam. Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam, with some modifications. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil grammar"

Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. Spoken predominantly by Tamils in South India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore, it has smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. As of 1996, it was the eighteenth most spoken language, with over 74 million speakers worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil language"

Tamil literature is literature in the Tamil language which most prominently includes the contributions of the " Tamil country" (or Tamizhagam) history, a large part of which constitutes the modern state of Tamil Nadu in India and some parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Andra pradesh. Because of the antiquity of the Tamil language, Tamil literature has a rich literary tradition spanning more than 2000 years and is particularly known for its poetic nature in the form of epics, and philosophical and secular works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil literature" This text is made on http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia

The Tamil script is an abugida which has 12 vowels and 18 consonants. These combine to form 216 compound glyphs. There is one special character (Aaytha ezutthu), giving a total of 247 elements in the writing system. The script is primarily used for the Tamil language, but can also be used to write Sanskrit and Saurashtra. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil script"

The Tolkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம் in Tamil) is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language. Written in the form of poems(or short hymns), about the 200 BC by Tolkāppiyar, is said to be the world's oldest surviving grammar for any language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tolkāppiyam"

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