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Demographically, Tamilism is followed by few Tamils in Tamilnadu, Srilanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius, Reunion, Singapore, and Many emigrant Tamils retain...

lesson you will be introduced to the Tamil letters. |} Tamil language has a very long heritage, thanks to that... Tamil became one of the most cultivated...

Here you can learn to write the Tamil consonants. It should be noted that the pure consonants all have a 'pulli' (dot) placed above them. When written...

As it is the first step towards learning the Tamil language, it is important to learn the letters as early as possible. Kindly note that learning a 'letter'...

quiz with an interval of at least two days) 1 How many vowels does the Tamil language have? 2 What is the pronunciation for 'எ'? 3 Which of these is...

of Tamil by now - if you have finished, to your own satisfaction, Lesson 1. Having acquainted those 30 letters is not sufficient to 'read' Tamil texts...

Here are some simple sentences to begin a conversation with: This word exactly means 'salutations' Back to Tamil Department...

Tamil /ˈtæmɪl/ (தமிழ், tamiḻ, [t̪ɐmɨɻ]) is the language of Tamil people of South India and North-east Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian states...

British favored the Tamils. They brought in millions of Tamils from southern India to work in the fields, established schools in Tamil-majority lands and...

The next centuries consist of Tamil rulers fighting over the island, which resulted in the north section ruled by Tamils, primarily Hindus, and the south...

Bandaranaike's failure into forgetting about the Sri Lankan Tamils let to many casualties of Tamils in the 1950 riots. For a full description, see: S. W. R...

nepotism, and maintaining poor relations with the minority Sri Lankan groups (Tamils & Muslims). When Gota swooped the majority of Lankans under his crumbling...

abandoned (in 1255). Sri Lanka was then divided into 3 areas, one for the Tamils (north; City of Jaffna) and two for the Sinhalese (south and east; City...

Kafiristan, now called Nuristan." Siah-Posh Kafirs. "Vellalar amongst Sri Lankan Tamils are a dominant group of formerly agricultural landlord related caste from...

be very holy. ETYMOLOGY: Adhiyaman’ is the name of a Tamil Velir Dynasty King and ‘Kottai’ in Tamil represents fort. As an oval shaped fort was constructed...

the Vīrānam tank was built (1011 to 1037 CE) in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu to store water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Viranam is a 16-km-long...

abetting war or mutiny. Execution is by hanging, inquiries indicate that in Tamil Nadu, two to three persons are hanged each year. The union government, as...

1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers....

Zamenhof, whose pseudonym was doctor Esperanto. ...that Tamil is the oldest surviving language in the world, still spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India....

Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two decades. His son Chandrahasan followed his fathers footstep by becoming a public servant in Tamil Nadu....