wiktionarypar TamilTamil may refer to Tamil language , one of the Dravidian languages primarily spoken in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia Tamil script , primarily used to write the Tamil language Tamil people Sri Lankan Tamil people those Tamil people native to Sri Lanka See also Tamil calendar Tamil Case Denmark Tamil cinema Tamil cuisine Tamil diaspora Tamil Eelam Tamil literature Tamil Nadu Tamilakam Tanittamil Iyakkam lookfrom intitle disambig Category Tamil ca Tamil de Tamilisch el es Tamil fa gl T mil id Tamil it Tamil hu Tamil egy rtelm s t lap mr ms Tamil my no Tamil nn Tamil fleirtyding pt T mil ta tl Tamil zh ... more details
Colombo Tamil could mean Colombo Tamil people Colombo Tamil person of Colombo , in Sri Lanka origin. Colombo Tamil dialect Colombo Tamil dialect used by a person of Colombo Tamil origin disambig ... more details
Jaffna Tamil could mean Sri Lanka Tamils native Jaffna Tamil person of Jaffna , in Sri Lanka origin. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects Jaffna Tamil dialect used by a person of Jaffna Tamil origin disambig ... more details
Articles on Tamil activism Tamil ethnic nationalism Tamil ethnic nationalist activism anti Brahminism Self respect movement Dravidar Kazhagam Tamil linguistic activism Tanittamil Iyakkam Anti Hindi agitations disambig Category Dravidian movement Category Tamil activists ... more details
Multiple issues orphan February 2012 notability Kumari tamil is a unique way of speaking Tamil language Tamil pertaining to people of Kanniyakumari district Kanniyakumari district. It s a mixture of classic Tamil and Malayalam . lang stub Category Tamil dialects Category Languages of India ... more details
Infobox language name Kongu Tamil nativename transl ta ISO tami pronunciation states Tamil Nadu Kongu Region familycolor Dravidian fam2 Southern Dravidian languages Southern fam3 Tamil Kannada languages Tamil Kannada fam4 Tamil Kodagu languages Tamil Kodagu fam5 Tamil Malayalam languages Tamil Malayalam fam6 Tamil languages script Tamil script nation IND Tamil Nadu map Tamilspeakers.png mapcaption Distribution of native Tamil speakers in India and Sri Lanka notice Indic Tamil transliteration Kongu TamilTamil language Tamil is the dialect of Tamil language that is spoken in Kongu Nadu , which is the western region of Tamil Nadu . It is also known as Kangee . ref In the southern part of Mysore the Tamil language is at this day named the Kangee, from being best known to them as the language of the people of Kangiam . Cf. Wilks Mysore 1, 4n. 55. http books.google.co.in books?id e7c9AAAAMAAJ&q kangiam mysore&dq kangiam mysore&hl en&ei fDWtTeXUIYu8vQP8oejTCg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CDkQ6AEwAQ ref The name Kongu disambiguation Kongu etymologically means border in Tamil Sangams Sangam Tamil. Alternative theories seems to point at Ganges Ganga as the source for the name. Gangeya Kaangeyam and Ganganadu are alternative historical names for the Kongu region. The speciality of Kongu Tamil is the use of the alveolar consonant alveolar R instead of retroflex T D of standard tamil. For example ennuDaya mine of standard Tamil is pronounced enRa in the Kongu dialect. Additionally the use of guttural nasal is more prevalent in Kongu Tamil, leading to situations where the grammar of Kongu Tamil would not fit into the grammar of standard tamil as laid down in authoritative treatises like Tolkappiyam and Nannool . One of the examples is the use ... Tamil would be vaanga . Kongu Tamil also uses certain Tamil words that are unique to Kongu region and are not used in standard Tamil. References references Tamil language Category Tamil dialects ta ... more details
Tamil Encyclopedia Tamil Kalaikalanjiam is a universal encyclopedia in Tamil language Tamil , published by Tamil Academy , Chennai. It was a project funded by the Government of India after Indian Independence . The chief editor of this effort was Periyasaamy Thooran . The entire Kalaikalanjiam is available online at the Tamil Virtual University TVU website. TVU is in the process of scanning the Children s Kalaikalanjiam. gallery Image TamilEncyclopediaSet10Volume7500Pages.jpg Tamil Encyclopedia 10 Volume set 7500 pages Image TamilEncyclopediaCloseUp.jpg Tamil Encyclopedia sample detail Image TamilChildrenEncyclopedia10VolSet.jpg Tamil Encyclopedia for Children Image TamilChildrenEncyclopediaCloseUp.jpg Children s Tamil Encyclopedia sample detail gallery External links commonscat http www.tamilvu.org library libindex.htm Tamil Virtual University Category Encyclopedias encyclopedia stub Category Tamil literature ta ... more details
Tamil Guardian is a newspaper published from London in English language English and Tamil language Tamil . External links http www.tamilguardian.com Tamil Guardian Website http www.mondotimes.com 1 world uk 142 4217 10397 Tamil Guardian http www.onlinenewspapers.com srilanka.htm Sri Lanka Online newspapers Category Sri Lankan Tamil culture Category Tamil language newspapers Category Publications with year of establishment missing SriLanka stub Asia newspaper stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Tamil region South India familycolor Dravidian fam2 Southern fam3 Tamil Kannada fam4 Tamil Kodagu fam5 Tamil Malayalam sil 1319 16 The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil language Tamil , and include Irula language Irula , Kaikadi language Kaikadi , Betta Kurumba language Betta Kurumba , and Yerukala language Yerukala , in addition to Tamil itself. DEFAULTSORT Tamil Language Family Category Agglutinative languages Category Dravidian languages Category Tamil languages Dr lang stub ta ... more details
The Tamil Trinity also known as the Tamil Moovar commonly refers to the three Tamil language Tamil composers of early Carnatic music . They were Muthu Thandavar ?1560 ?1640 CE , Arunachala Kavi 1712 1779 and Marimutthu Pillai 1717 1787 , and lived five decades before the Tiruvarur Trinity or Trinity of Carnatic Music . They introduced several innovations that led to the evolution of the Carnatic Kriti song . Other Tamil Trinity Also sometimes referred to as the Tamil Trinity was the earliest Trinity associated with Indian Music. They were the peerless Tevaram Trinity Appar Thirunavukkarasar , Sundaramoorthy Nayanar Sundarar and Thirugnana Sambanthar Gnanasambandar , who were well known for their language and devotion. References http www.carnatica.net tmusic.htm Tamil Music Carnatica http carnatica.net composer muthutandavar.htm Tamil Trinity Category Tamil people Category Carnatic composers Carnatic music stub ... more details
Infobox TV channel name Tamil One logofile Tamil one.png logocaption Tamil One logo logosize 150px launch September 6, 2001 closed date picture format network owner Tamil One Inc. slogan country Canada broadcast area National headquarters Toronto, Ontario former names TamilTV web http tamilone.tv Tamil One sat serv 1 sat chan 1 cable serv 1 Rogers Cable cable chan 1 Channel 868 iptv serv 1 Bell Fibe TV iptv chan 1 Channel 844 Tamil One is a Canadian Category B Services Category B Tamil language specialty channel . It offers a variety of programming from Canadian productions to Tamil programming from around the world. Tamil One was previously known as TamilTV until it was rebranded Tamil One in the mid 2000s and was owned by Phillip Koneswaran. Tamil One is now owned by Subanasri. Programming consists of news, cultural programs, comedies, children s programs, movies, music, religious programming, live special events and more. A majority of the shows it broadcasts are from its media partner Kalaignar TV in Chennai , India . External links http tamilone.tv Tamil One http www.kalaignartv.co.in Kalaignar TV Tamil language television channels Category Canadian digital cable television networks Category Tamil language television channels Category Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada Canada tv stub ta ... more details
Expand Tamil date April 2012 Infobox website name Wiki favicon Tamil Wiktionary screenshot logo caption slogan url http ta.wiktionary.org http ta.wiktionary.org commercial No location Miami, Florida type Internet encyclopedia project language Tamil language Tamil registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Tamil Wiktionary lang ta is the Tamil language edition of Wiktionary , run by the Wikimedia Foundation . It consists of more than 2,42,000 words. ref http ta.wiktionary.org wiki E0 AE 9A E0 AE BF E0 AE B1 E0 AE AA E0 AF 8D E0 AE AA E0 AF 81 Statistics Tamil Wiktionary Statistics ta icon , 17, April, 2012. ref References reflist External links InterWiki code ta ta icon http ta.wiktionary.org Tamil Wiktionary ta icon http ta.m.wiktionary.org Tamil Wiktionary mobile version Category Wiktionaries by language Category Tamil language ta ... more details
unreferenced date January 2008 Madurai Tamil is the dialect spoken in the city of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu , the area once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. It differs substantially from Nellai Tamil , a region which was also part of the Pandiya domain. Region of Madurai Tamil Madurai Aruppukottai Virudunagar Melur Usilampatti Paramakudi Dindigul Theni Ramanathapuram Sivagangai Natham The common dialect has made the term Madurai refer to a much larger area than it actually is. It is not uncommon for people from any of the above cities to introduce themselves as people of Madurai. Tamil language Dialects of Tamil Category Madurai Category Tamil dialects ta ... more details
Refimprove date October 2007 The Tamil Nesan lang ta is a Tamil newspaper published in Malaysia , and the oldest Tamil newspaper in the country, established in 1924. The first issue was published on September 24, 1924. ref cite web title About Us url http www.tamilnesan.com.my aboutus.html publisher Tamil Nesan accessdate 25 March 2011 ref It is published in the Tamil language , and caters to the ethnic Indian community in Malaysia. References Reflist External links http www.tamilnesan.com.my about us.html Newspaper web page under construction as of Jan 2008 Category Newspapers published in Malaysia Category Tamil language newspapers Category Publications established in 1924 Asia newspaper stub Malaysia stub ms Tamil Nesan ... more details
Expand Tamil date August 2011 Infobox website name Wiki favicon Tamil Wikipedia screenshot ... language Tamil language Tamil registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Tamil Wikipedia lang ta is the Tamil language edition of Wikipedia , run by the Wikimedia ... title The Tamil Wiki six years on work The Hindu accessdate May 26, 2009 last Frederick first ... 44,000 articles on 26 January 2012. The Tamil Wikipedia is the 59th largest Wikipedia by article count ... to common academic Reliability of Wikipedia criticism of Wikipedia in the Western countries, the Tamil Wikipedia is widely regarded as an important source of information in the Tamil language on the Internet. ref name mayuonline.com http mayuonline.com eblog 2007 01 04 tamil wikipedia 1000 articles cd project proposal E2 80 93 version 10 Tamil Wikipedia 1000 Articles CD Project Proposal Version 1.0 ... of computers or Internet service in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka . Most of the project s development comes from the overseas Tamil diaspora . ref name mayuonline.com ref http www.kiruba.com 2009 01 photologue of tamil wikipedia academy.html The Photologue of the Tamil Wikipedia Academy kiruba.com Bot generated title ref In April 2010, the Tamil Internet Conference held a contest for college students across the state of Tamil Nadu, India for increasing content on the Tamil Wikipedia ... work The Hindu title Move for more Tamil content in Wikipedia date April 1, 2010 ref The contest was made with regards to the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 , a meeting of Tamil people Tamil ... enrolled, the contest concluded with the creation of 1,200 new academically reviewed articles on the Tamil ... selected to Tamil Wikipedia upload date 15 June 2010 ref See also Malayalam Wikipedia Telugu ... Tamil Wikipedia ta icon http ta.m.wikipedia.org Tamil Wikipedia mobile version homepage not yet configured http stats.wikimedia.org EN TablesWikipediaTA.htm Statistics for Tamil Wikipedia by Erik ... more details
Negombo Tamil may refer to Negombo Tamils , native Sri Lankan Tamils who live in the western Gampaha and Puttalam districts Negombo Tamil dialect , a language dialect used by the fishers of Negombo, Sri Lanka disambig ... more details
Multiple issues wikify January 2011 unreferenced January 2011 Tamil drama in Tamil language Tamil is still being produced, and has been for the last 2000 years. Description Its a kind of play doing live with predefined scripts and roles. There are many types of Tamil drama as such. They are Street Drama in Tamil , Stage Drama. From the olden days, Tamils used to play dramas as part of recreation. The drama can be about the culture, Political issues, Happiness, festivals, sad moments, etc. Still in the Villages of TamilNadu they have street dramas and it s the family profession form certain people and they have the history rooted back to BC. Category Tamil theatre ml ... more details
orphan date November 2011 Tamil folklore Tamil Nadu has rich cultural history. Tamil people had unique arts in the past.They had different techniques in dancing , singing .They had different types of musical instrument s.The songs are classified according to the mood of the singer.Tamil people used various war wepons and war techniques.Some of the martial arts practised by the temil people spreaded to the north eastern countrties. References Tamil folklore http www.everyculture.com wc Rwanda to Syria Tamils.html Category Tamil culture Category Cultural history of Tamil Nadu ... more details
Original research date January 2011 Brahmin Tamil lang ta is the name for a series of closely related Tamil language Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities. The language has heavy Sanskrit vocabulary, unlike the mainstream Tamil spoken by the non Brahmin Tamils. ref name kasbekarp217 ... ISBN 1851096361, ISBN 9781851096367 year 2006 ref Brahmin Tamil was largely used by Brahmins who introduced ... Brahmin Tamil is believed to have evolved over a long period of time starting from the days of the legendary ... Empire . During the heyday of Brahmin domination in the early 1900s, Brahmin Tamil was used as the lingua ... or Restandardization the case for Standard Spoken Tamil author Harold F. Schiffman url http ccat.sas.upenn.edu haroldfs public stantam STANTAM.HTM ref The principal characters in the Tamil movies of the period also spoke the Brahmin dialect. However, with the rise of the Pure Tamil Movement and the entry of Dravidian ideologues into Tamil cinema in the 1950s, Brahmin Tamil was gradually displaced from public spheres. Brahmin Tamil, has however, continued to flourish among the expatriate community ... of the two styles. Both styles of Brahmin Tamil dialects augment their vocabulary by freely borrowing from Tamil language Tamil and Sanskrit The Iyengars, particularly those outside the Tamil ... prabandham. For a detailed mapping of words and spoken dialects and standard Tamil, see Wiki reference Iyengar Tamil . The Braahmik Alphabet Short vowel s a, i, u, e, o Long vowel s aa, ii ie, uu ... with standard spoken Tamil Brahmin Tamil varies slightly from the standard spoken Tamil used by non Brahmin communities. Brahmin Tamil retains minor adaptations of classical Tamil Centamil words which are no longer in common usage, like m , the Brahmin Tamil word for house which is derived from the archaic Tamil word Agam while it also incorporates Sanskrit corruptions as the Brahmin Tamil ... FF00FF Differences with standard spoken Tamil Brahmin Tamil Spoken Tamil English av l , av averkal ... more details
Tamil Murasu is a Singapore based Tamil language newspaper. Launched in 1935 by Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani , Tamil Murasu is Singapore s only Tamil language newspaper. It is one of the list of newspapers in Singapore sixteen newspapers in Singapore. Tamil Murasu is the main information source for the Indian community, with its coverage of wide ranging news, from current affairs to local and foreign news as well as the latest in sports and entertainment, in addition to its strong coverage on news from the Indian community and the Indian sub continent. The newspaper has established itself as a voice for the Tamil speaking community in Singapore. Daily circulation Daily Average Circulation for 2004 238,504 weekday and 304,002 Sundays br Daily Average Circulation for 2005 866,012 weekday and 907,117 Sundays External links Ta icon http tamilmurasu.com.sg Singapore Tamil News http facebook.com tamilmurasu Official Tamilmurasu Facebook Page Sun TV Network Singapore Press Holdings Category Newspapers published in Singapore Category Indian diaspora in Singapore Category Culture of Indian diaspora Category Tamil language newspapers id Tamil Murasu ta ... more details
File Ear piercing ceremony.jpg right thumb 200px A Tamil people Tamil child s ear piercing ceremony. ref ... O 7xYYt0oJsC&pg PA314 ref Tamil culture is the culture of the Tamil people . Tamil culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Tamils in India , Malaysia , and across the globe. Tamil culture is expressed ... . Language and Literature Tamil language and Tamil literature Religion The tamils are not just hindus in fact, only 88 of the population in Tamil Nadu are hindus , 6 are christians , 5.57 are muslims ... deity of the Tamil Culture. He is usually referred to as the Tamil people Tamil god because it s said ... to find his own group of people, the Tamilans and decided to make Tamil Nadu his residence. The Tamils ... main Tamil architecture The Tamil architecture is one of the most ancient and best architecture in the world. Tamil architecture is the style and techniques developed in the Tamil people Tamil regions over thousands years. Although ancient Tamil architecture included houses, palaces and public ... . Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City. Tamil sculpture ranges from elegant stone sculptures ... art, the material in Tamil sculpture does not influence the form taken by the sculpture instead ... main Chola art Tanjore painting Medicine main Siddha medicine Folk main Dance forms of Tamil Nadu Bharatanatyam Martial Arts main Tamil martial arts Music main Ancient Tamil music Music of Tamil Nadu Folk Arts main Tamil folk culture Film The Tamil cinema industry is the second largest film industry in India after Bollywood Cuisine The Tamil cuisine contains all sorts of food, it s traditionally served on a banana leaf , which has many medical properties. Tamil culinary terminology absorbed in English The word curry is an anglicisation of the Tamil word kari The Tamil phrase milagu thanneer ... is derived from the Tamil word Maangaai The English word rice may have been ultimately derived from Tamil Arisi The word Congee may have been derived from the Tamil word Kanji See also Tamil people ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2012 Infobox writing system name Tamil altname type Abugida time c. 700 present languages Tamil language Tamil br Sanskrit br Saurashtra language Saurashtra fam1 Br hm ... iso15924 Taml sample Tamil Sample.svg imagesize 250px indicText Tamil transliteration NOTE Before editing .... You can check it here http en.wikipedia.org wiki WP INDIC The Tamil script transl ta ISO tami ariccuva i Tamil alphabet is a script that is used to write the Tamil language as well as other ... Saurashtra and, by Tamil people Tamils , to write Sanskrit . ref Citation title The Unicode 5.0 ... tamilalphabet.jpg thumb A sign in Tamil script. Characteristics The Tamil script has 12 vowel s lang ... is classified in Tamil grammar as being neither a consonant nor a vowel lang ta transl ... and not alphabet ic. ref http dsal.uchicago.edu cgi bin romadict.pl?table tamil lex&page 148&display utf8 University of Madras Tamil Lexicon, page 148 lang ta transl ta ISO aliye uttu ... is different from the standalone character for the vowel. The Tamil script is written from left to right. History File History of Tamil script.jpg thumb 400px History of Tamil script See also Tamil Brahmi Vatteluttu File Tamil Palm 1.JPG thumb A page from a Tamil Palm Leaf Manuscript. The Tamil script ... of Tamil writing date to a time just after the Asoka n period. The script used by these inscriptions is commonly known as the Tamil Brahmi or Tamili script, and differs in many ways from standard Asokan Brahmi. For example, early Tamil Brahmi, unlike Asokan Brahmi, had a system to distinguish between ..., early Tamil Brahmi used slightly different vowel markers, had extra characters to represent letters not found in Sanskrit , and omitted letters for sounds not present in Tamil, such as voiced ... use a later form of the Tamil Brahmi Tamil Brahmi script, which is substantially similar to the writing system described in the Tolkappiyam , an ancient Tamil grammar. Most notably, they use the unicode ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Tamil Canadian image Image Canadian Sri Lankan Tamil Children.jpg 200px Tamil children from Toronto image caption Tamil Canadian children in traditional garments in Toronto . poptime ... , Greater Montreal , Lower Mainland , Calgary Edmonton Corridor langs Tamil language Tamil , Canadian ... s Tamil Canadian or Canadian Tamils are Canadians of Tamil people Tamil ethnic origins mostly from India and Sri Lanka . It is estimated that the Tamil diaspora in Canada is around 200,000 ref ... . Canada s Tamil population is thought to constitute the largest Canadians of Sri Lankan origin Sri ... Tamil Nationalism and National Liberation in Sri Lanka and the Diaspora version Ph.D. dissertation ... and eventual civil war in Sri Lanka in 1983, Tamil migration to Canada increased significantly. In 2000 ... of Canadian Tamil films A community directory of businesses and services for this community, Thamilar .... There are ten weekly Tamil language newspapers, four Tamil language radio stations, and three cinemas that show Tamil language films that are produced in Tamil Nadu and in Canada. Toronto is also home to the largest Tamil video and music stores in the world. There are also two television stations in Tamil serving the community. ref name Cheran The Monsoon Journal and the Tamil Mirror are popular English language papers created and targeted at Tamils. Two local Tamil Television channels are broadcasted 24 hours service in Tamil language Tamil , such as TVI and Tamil One . Many films are produced by Tamils based in Toronto are called as List of Canadian Tamil films Tamil Canadian cinema .There are many forms of the medium within the Tamil Community. Social and political activity See also 2009 Tamil protests in Canada File Tamil 2009 04 28 044a.jpg thumb 200px right Tamil Canadians protest in support of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and call for a cease fire in the Sri Lankan Civil War in Calgary on April 28, 2009 The Tamil Canadian community has social and political organizations ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Tamil 99 is a keyboard layout approved by the Tamil Nadu Government. The layout, along with several monolingual and bilingual fonts for use with the Tamil language , was approved by government order on 13 June 1999. ref cite web title Tamil Font Encoding and Keyboard Layout standards of the Tamilnadu Government url http tamilelibrary.org teli tnstd.html publisher Tamil Electronic Library date 2005 11 16 accessdate 2010 05 17 ref Designed for use with a normal QWERTY keyboard, typing follows a consonant vowel pattern. The arrangement of the characters allow for fast and simple tying for users familiar with the script. References reflist External links http help.keymanweb.com keyboards keyboard ekwtamil99uniext.php Tamil99 Extended Keyboard Help Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category Keyboard layouts Category Indic computing tamil stub Tech stub ta 99 ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Tamil Mirror image File Tamil Mirror logo.jpg 200px type News website format foundation ceased publication price owners Wijeya Newspapers Ltd publisher chiefeditor web editor Easwaran Rutnam assoceditor staff language Tamil language Tamil political Progressivism Progressive circulation headquarters No. 48, Park Street, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka oclc ISSN website http www.tamilmirror.lk tamilmirror.lk The Tamil Mirror is a Tamil language news website in Colombo , Sri Lanka . It is published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. ref name press cite web url http www.pressreference.com Sa Sw Sri Lanka.html title Sri Lanka Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers work PressReference.com publisher Advameg Inc date 2007 accessdate 2009 02 11 ref Its sister newspapers are, The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka The Daily Mirror , The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The Sunday Times , Lankadeepa and Daily FT . See also List of newspapers in Sri Lanka Notes Reflist External links http www.dailymirror.lk Daily Mirror official Website http www.sundaytimes.lk Sunday Times official Website http www.ft.lk Daily FT official Website DEFAULTSORT Tamil Mirror Category Wijeya Newspapers Category Tamil media ... more details
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