Is Tamil close to Sanskrit?

Is Tamil and Sanskrit same? No, Tamil and Sanskrit are not same. Tamil language belongs to a member of the Dravidian language family, natively spoken today by over 70 million people in South India. Sanskrit is a dialect of the Old Indo-Aryan language.
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Is Sanskrit similar to Tamil?

Tamil and Sanskrit are almost word-by-word corresponding to each other by syntax. The various syntactical similarities include : Both are inherently SOV order languages, but allowing free word order complemented by a rich system of declensions/compounding (Sanskrit) or agglutinations (Tamil).
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Is Tamil based on Sanskrit?

The Tamil language is not derived from Sanskrit and many there see the promotion of the language as a move by Hindu nationalist groups to impose their culture on religious and linguistic minorities.
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Which is the closest language to Sanskrit?

Odiya is closest to Sanskrit. After that Marathi. Hindi is closer to Arabic and Persian than to Indo-Aryan languages.
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Is Tamil mother of Sanskrit?

According to scientists, Tamil is the first language and mother of many languages (not all) including Sanskrit.
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Is Tamil the root of all languages?

COIMBATORE: The Tamil language is older than Sanskrit and is "the mother of all languages in the world," said Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday.
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Which is the sweetest language in world?

According to a UNESCO survey, Bengali has been voted the sweetest language in the world; positioning Spanish and Dutch as the second and third sweetest tongues.
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Is Sanskrit the mother of all languages?

Though not for all the languages, Sanskrit is surely the mother of many languages, especially languages spoken in Northern India. Even many words from Dravidian languages are derived from Sanskrit.
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Is Korean derived from Sanskrit?

Translation itself can inevitably involve private opinion, but Korean and Sanskrit has almost same derivation mechanism, the conversion is possible. Sanskrit and Chinese quite different structure, it is almost impossible translate correctly.
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Is Malayalam a mix of Tamil and Sanskrit?

Malayalam is not a mixture of Tamil and Sanskrit even though there are lots of similar words in all three languages. More than 70 % of malayalam words are only used in malayalam!
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Is Dravidian a Sanskrit word?

While the English word Dravidian was first employed by Robert Caldwell in his book of comparative Dravidian grammar based on the usage of the Sanskrit word drāviḍa in the work Tantravārttika by Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, the word drāviḍa in Sanskrit has been historically used to denote geographical regions of southern India as ...
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Why did Sanskrit go extinct?

Sanskrit got marginalised in public domain after it ceased to be a medium of knowledge production in the medieval era. This was the principal reason for its decline. It was the growth of vernaculars in the medieval ages that dented Sanskrit's prospects.
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Which is oldest Indian language Sanskrit or Tamil?

Tamil is older than Sanskrit and there is record of 'Tamil Sangam' dating back 4,500 years, he said.
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Is Telugu close to Sanskrit?

Telugu is not rooted in Sanskrit

Despite the commonly held assumption that Telugu comes from Sanskrit, recent research has proven that, in fact, Telugu belongs to the Dravidian language family. This family has its own unique roots and history, unrelated to any other known language family.
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Is Sanskrit the oldest language in the world?

Sanskrit (5000 years old) - World's Oldest Language

Source Unlike Tamil, which is still a widely spoken language, Sanskrit is the oldest language in the world but fell out of common usage around 600 B.C. It is now a liturgical language - the holy languages found in the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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Is Turkish derived from Sanskrit?

As many philosophical, spiritual and religious terms of Bhudhism and even Hinduism did not exist, they were inducted from Pali & Sanskrit into Turkish. Thus Turkish acquired many words of Pali and Sanskrit origin, some of which have even gone into other languages; Ratan becoming Ardhani is an example.
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Is Chinese derived from Sanskrit?

Ancient Indian stone carvings. As one of the first languages known to humankind, Sanskrit can be traced back thousands of years, Sanskrit's geographical influence is seen in India, South Asia, South east Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan.
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Which is the queen of all languages?

Answer. Answer: Kannada Language spoken in the Southern State in India is the Queen Of All Languages In The World. The people spoke the most prominent Dravidian language of Karnataka In India.
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Who spoke Sanskrit first?

Sanskrit Was First Spoken In Syria, Not India + 5 More History Facts That Will Shock You!
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What is the softest language?

Latin languages tend to be "soft" to the ear because they tend to use more vowels than consonants at least in speech. German, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, probably some of the Caucasian languages like Georgian, etc sound "Hard" because they have groups of consonants with fewer connecting vowel sounds.
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What is the hardest language?

1. Mandarin. As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the toughest language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.
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Which is the most romantic language?

French is often considered to be the most romantic language in the world. It is another Romance language that originated from Latin. French is a very musical language, and its pronunciation contributes to its melody.
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