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Tamil and Sinhalese History


Sinhalese and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
3   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
18   
16
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Tamil and Sinhalese

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

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Sinhalese: Sinhalese Prakrit.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Sinhalese: Modern Sinhalese.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Sinhalese: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Sinhalese Language Family

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

Tamil vs Sinhalese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Sinhalese language rank. Tamil and Sinhalese history gives you Tamil and Sinhalese language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. And Sinhalese language rank is 70. 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 Sinhalese.

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