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Sinhalese and Tamil History


Tamil and Sinhalese Language History


History

Origin
3   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
70   
99+
18   
16

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Sinhalese and Tamil

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

  • Early forms of Sinhalese: Sinhalese Prakrit.
  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Sinhalese: Modern Sinhalese.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Signed forms of Sinhalese: Not Available
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Not Available

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Sinhalese and Tamil Language Family

In Sinhalese and Tamil history, you will get to know about Sinhalese 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. Sinhalese is a part of Indo-European Family while Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family. The subgroup and branch of Sinhalese is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Sinhalese and Tamil language on Sinhalese vs Tamil alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Sinhalese vs Tamil Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Sinhalese vs Tamil language rank. Sinhalese and Tamil history gives you Sinhalese and Tamil language rank. The Sinhalese language rank is 70. 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 Sinhalese vs Tamil.

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