2006-11-02 04:00:31 · 11 answers · asked by adraya 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
For real declaration of a language as Classical, it should be a living language 2. Must be more than 2000 years old, 3. Well established Grammer 4. Must be mother to other languages 5. Must have helped other languages to grow by lending words etc to name a few.
in regard to Tamil:
1. It is spoken for more than 4000 years before christ
2. It is the mother of Many languages like: Singala, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Thulu etc.
3. It has lended many words to English, French, Thai, Indonesia, Malaya etc.
4. It has also accepted many words from Latin, English, French, Arabic, Urdu, Marathi etc.
5. Has unique grammer
6. Vowels unique like YA ; RA ; Vazhala etc
7. Can you translate this word into any other language:
' YET TA NAVADHU'
more info read sangam era books from Connemara library.
2006-11-02 04:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by rdhinakar4477 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Aclassical lnguage is always un mixed and can be written without letters or words from any other languge.
Eg Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Tamil etc
Tamil is a pure language made by Agstya the great sage.
He has taken the 9 vowels and 18consonants like
Ka & (inga) fom Ka varga Cha & inja from cha varga Ta and na from ta varga etc
So only 26 alphabets arethere and the whole language is composed of words made from these letters.
For egxample a flower is called pushpam in sanskrit
various ly called as pusp, pushpa, etc in other Indian languages
In Tamil it is called Malar
2006-11-02 20:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by Brahmanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tehelka - Classical' fineprint riles Tamil Scholars / www.tamilinfoservice.com
... only languages that are "more than 2000 years old" to be made ... other languages would be eligible to be considered for classical language status. ...
http://www.tamilinfoservice.com/exclusive/art/2005/oct1.htm
2006-11-02 12:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by Krishna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the ancient language in India along with Sanskrit and still alive.
Tholkappiam(Tamil grammar is 2500 years old
Tirukkural is 2200 years old.
What else do you want.
2006-11-05 12:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by balaGraju 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have threatened the central govt. Tamil is not greater than Telugu.
2006-11-07 10:55:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's one of the most ancient languages.
2006-11-02 12:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by anks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is Dravidian, the encentrals of India.
2006-11-07 10:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by surender p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
r u a telugu guy? i am a telugu girl too. and i feel telugu is eligible 4 that status.
2006-11-02 12:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by chaitu 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
may be musuc has its origin intamil
2006-11-05 10:39:50 · answer #9 · answered by akshay_2answer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who said so......... it wont....
2006-11-02 12:15:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋