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Tamil Language

Tamil is one of the oldest classical languages in the world. We can find this language in the oldest manuscript found in India and it is mostly spoken in India and Sri Lanka. These manuscripts are UNESCO Memory of the World recognized and registered. Tamil is the first language in India to be legally recognized as a classical language .

The Tamil language holds a very rich literature that has existed for over 2000 years. Inscriptions on potteries in caves were the earliest records of the Old Tamil literature from 2nd century BCE. Tolkāppiyam, the oldest literary text in Tamil, is believed to have been composed in 200 BC.

Tamil is a Dravidian language, and bears official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is also one of the official languages in Singapore and Sri Lanka, and has a lot of speakers in South Africa, Fiji, Mauritius and Malaysia.

Translating from Tamil to English

For your certified translation services from Tamil to English, take note of the following tips.

Tamil, like most other languages, has regional variations. Socially, Tamil has two registers: high and low. What differentiates the dialects and registers from one another is mainly phonology. Understandably, the Tamil phonology has evolved based on the geographical location. Some dialects adapted loanwords from neighboring states or areas. The same is the case for accent, grammar, and syntax. For example, the Tamil spoken in Sri Lanka has loanwords from English, Portuguese and Dutch.

There are also three forms of spoken and literary Tamil that can overlap each other:

sankattamiḻ (classic style following the ancient language)
centamiḻ (formal modern literary style)
koṭuntamiḻ (colloquial style)

The Grantha and Pallava scripts have had an influence on the Tamil script. It has a total of 247 characters – 18 consonants, 12 vowels, a special character called the āytam, and the 216 compound characters formed by combining the vowels and consonants. There are numerals for numbers 0 to 9, as well as for 10, 100 and 1000. There are also symbols for day, month, year, debit, credit, as above, rupee, and numeral.

Here’s a quick video on colloquial Tamil translations:

Your Tamil translator should also be very comfortable using the language’s grammar and vocabulary.

http://youtu.be/5VFaXkMsWks

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