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Tamil and Malayalam History


Malayalam and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
9th Century   

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   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Malayalam   

Language Position
18   
16
29   
24

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Tamil and Malayalam

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

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Malayalam: No early form.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Malayalam: Malayalam.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Malayalam: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Malayalam Language Family

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

Tamil vs Malayalam Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Malayalam language rank. Tamil and Malayalam history gives you Tamil and Malayalam language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. And Malayalam language rank is 29. 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 Malayalam.

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