Leading newspaper in Sri Lanka published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited | According to linguists like , Tamil, as a Dravidian language, descends from , a |
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They possess conscience and reason | Bharadwaj, Ajay 7 March 2010 |
Main article: Apart from the usual numerals, Tamil has numerals for 10, 100 and 1000 | Can you identify whose poos are whose? , UNESCO , retrieved 13 September 2012• United Nations, accessed 28 Jan 2021 |
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In 1578, Portuguese Christian missionaries published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named , thus making Tamil the first Indian language to be printed and published | Compiled and edited by Research, Reference and Training Division, Publications Division, New Delhi: Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
" The variety and quality of classical Tamil literature has led to it being described as "one of the great classical traditions and literatures of the world".
28The dialects spoken in Sri Lanka retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in India, and use many other words slightly differently | , pp |
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Online newspaper serving the Sri Lankan community worldwide | Long vowels are about twice as long as short vowels |
It is one of the official languages of the union territories of and the.