LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 23:7 July 2023
ISSN 1930-2940

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Some Aspects of Tamil Language and Literature

Meenakkanni Manikum
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Mauritius

I present here a research article based on my personal research and understanding of some aspects of Tamil Language and Literature. I am an integral member of Tamil migrants from Tamilnadu who migrated to Mauritius as indentured labour several generations ago. We continue to maintain our Tamil identity and engage ourselves in getting to know more about our mother tongue and its literatures of various sorts. We learn written Tamil in our schools and do our best to use it both as spoken and written Tamil. Our teachers encourage us to maintain our identity not only in our personal and religious life but also through speaking and writing Tamil.

The present article has four following major sections:

1. The purpose, aim and coverage of the information in this article. The type of research method adopted.

2. A description of the Tamil script, explain the possible meanings of the word Tamil, and continued use of the ancient language both as the written language and spoken language. The tendency and assertion of the independence and purity of the language. Resistance to accept script letters, etc.

3. Elaborate introduction to Tamil grammars, with focus on Tolkappiyam and how Tolkappiyam presents the linguistic and literary aspects of Tamil language and literature
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This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Meenakkanni Manikum
mmmanogaree@gmail.com
Mauritius
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