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Kannada and Tamil History


Tamil and Kannada Language History


History

Origin
c. 450   
300 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
31   
25
18   
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Kannada and Tamil

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

  • Early forms of Kannada: Old Kannada, Kannada.
  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Kannada: Modern Kannada.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Signed forms of Kannada: Indian Signing System (ISS)
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Indian Signing System (ISS)

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Kannada and Tamil Language Family

In Kannada and Tamil history, you will get to know about Kannada 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. Kannada is a part of Dravidian Family while Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family. The subgroup and branch of Kannada is Not Available and Not Available 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 Kannada and Tamil language on Kannada vs Tamil alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Kannada vs Tamil Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Kannada vs Tamil language rank. Kannada and Tamil history gives you Kannada and Tamil language rank. The Kannada language rank is 31. 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 Kannada vs Tamil.

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