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Luna_Lovegood wrote:Well, what is difference between Classical Tamil and Modern one? I have read you write in Classical, but speak in Modern one, and Modern one is not generally being written.
Hm, do Tamils write to each other using Classical Tamil?
Do they speak Classical Tamil in TV channel?
I want to learn Tamil,but it['s a little scary that you have to learn two languages!
Meera wrote:It's not that difficult, Luna. Online, and in tx messages Tamils do not write in classical Tamil, they write in colloquial. Howevr most signs are in classical and most novels, essays, and all literuture is genereally in formal. Also reading news and newspaper is in formal. Formal is used in most media but films. Once you get used to it, it really is not the difficult. Most words are just shortened or pronounced a little diffirent.
You can get more information here:
http://www.plc.sas.upenn.edu/languages/tamil.html
TeneReef wrote:Luna_Lovegood wrote:Well, what is difference between Classical Tamil and Modern one? I have read you write in Classical, but speak in Modern one, and Modern one is not generally being written.
Hm, do Tamils write to each other using Classical Tamil?
Do they speak Classical Tamil in TV channel?
I want to learn Tamil,but it['s a little scary that you have to learn two languages!
In Sri Lanka and southern Tamil Nadu (close to Kerala) they speak more like Classical Tamil, but in Chennai the dialect is different, many vowels are not pronounced, even whole syllables, and the accent is distinctively nasal. Colloquial Tamil is written in Latin script.
I think I'm more into Classical Tamil because I like Southern Tamil more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyakumari, SriLanka Ilam)
Meera wrote:Thanks sudarshan! Vannakkam! Welcome to unilang.
shprakh wrote:I was wondering about Tamil's phonology. Is it hard to pronounce?
Does it have retroflex consonants, like Hindi?
shprakh wrote:I was wondering about Tamil's phonology. Is it hard to pronounce? Does it have retroflex consonants, like Hindi?
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