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Hindi and Tamil History


Tamil and Hindi Language History


History

Origin
7th Century   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
5   
5
18   
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Hindi and Tamil

The Early forms of Hindi and Tamil explains the evolution of Hindi and Tamil languages which is under Hindi and Tamil history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Hindi and Tamil history we will understand how the Hindi and Tamil languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Hindi: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Hindi: Standard Hindi.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Signed forms of Hindi: Indian Signing System
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Indian Signing System

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Hindi and Tamil Language Family

In Hindi and Tamil history, you will get to know about Hindi and Tamil language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Hindi is a part of Indo-European Family while Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family. The subgroup and branch of Hindi is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Hindi and Tamil language on Hindi vs Tamil alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Hindi vs Tamil Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Hindi vs Tamil language rank. Hindi and Tamil history gives you Hindi and Tamil language rank. The Hindi language rank is 5. And Tamil language rank is 18. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Hindi vs Tamil.

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