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Malayalam and Tamil History


Tamil and Malayalam Language History


History

Origin
9th Century  
300 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
29  
27
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Malayalam and Tamil

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

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

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Malayalam and Tamil Language Family

In Malayalam and Tamil history, you will get to know about Malayalam and Tamil 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. Malayalam is a part of Dravidian Family while Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family. The subgroup and branch of Malayalam is and resp. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is and resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Malayalam and Tamil language on Malayalam vs Tamil alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Malayalam vs Tamil Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Malayalam vs Tamil language rank. Malayalam and Tamil history gives you Malayalam and Tamil language rank. The Malayalam language rank is 29. And Tamil language rank is 18. 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 Malayalam vs Tamil.

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