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Tamil and Kannada History


Kannada and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
c. 450   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
18   
16
31   
25

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Tamil and Kannada

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

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Kannada: Old Kannada, Kannada.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Kannada: Modern Kannada.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Kannada: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Kannada Language Family

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

Tamil vs Kannada Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Kannada language rank. Tamil and Kannada history gives you Tamil and Kannada language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. And Kannada language rank is 31. 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 Tamil vs Kannada.

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