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Tamil and Urdu History


Urdu and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
12th Century CE   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
18   
16
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Tamil and Urdu

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

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

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Tamil and Urdu Language Family

In Tamil and Urdu history, you will get to know about Tamil and Urdu 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 Urdu 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 Urdu 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 Urdu language on Tamil vs Urdu alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Tamil vs Urdu Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Urdu language rank. Tamil and Urdu history gives you Tamil and Urdu language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. And Urdu language rank is 20. 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 Urdu.

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