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Tamil: A Living River of Language, Script, and Shared Asian Memory
Tamil is not just a language—it is one of humanity’s longest-continuing cultural conversations. With roots reaching back over 5,000 years, Tamil stands today as a living classical language, spoken, written, sung, coded, and celebrated across generations and continents.
📜 Origins of Tamil – From Sound to Civilization
Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family, evolving independently alongside the Indus–South Indian civilizations. Early Tamil existed first as spoken poetry and oral tradition long before it was written down.
c. 3000–2000 BCE – Proto-Dravidian roots (spoken form)
c. 500 BCE – 300 CE – Sangam Age: Tamil flourishes as a literary language
Works like Tolkāppiyam (Tamil grammar) show a highly evolved linguistic system, comparable to Greek or Latin.
