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Is Sanskrit a sweet language?
Sweetness is the very nature of Sanskrit language. You can not answer as to why honey or sugar cane is sweet! Sanskrit literature happens to be one the sweetest and greatest literature of the world owing to the profundity of thoughts apart from its syntactical and semantic al factors.
Did Telugu originated from Tamil?
The Telugu language is not derived from Tamil. Telegu is one of the Dravidian languages, originated along with Gondi (spoken in Madhya Pradesh) and Kovi(spoken in Orissa). It is mainly spoken by the people in the southeastern state of India – Andra Pradesh and Telangana.
What race are Telugu?
The Telugus, like some other South Asians, are largely descended from a varied mixture of Pre-Dravidian tribes, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan people.
Is Telugu closer to Sanskrit or Tamil?
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.
Which Indian language is like Sanskrit?
Definitely marathi. Central aryan languages have preserved much of their sanskrit origin than northern indo-aryan languages.
What is unique about Sanskrit?
Sanskrit is the oldest, purest and most systematic language in the world. It is the most versatile language as well. Sanskrit has as many as 70 synonyms for water. There are 100 names of elephant in Sanskrit.
Is Tamil a borrowed language from Sanskrit?
Tamil has borrowed more words from Sanskrit than Sanskrit has from Dravidian. It is a trivial thing for a language to borrow vocabulary. But when it uses another language’s syntax to form the way it expresses things, and uses another language’s phonology for its sounds, that is really profound influence.
Should Tamil students have a third regional language besides Hindi and English?
Apart from Hindi and English, the students can opt for a third regional language. Few leaders especially from Tamil Nadu started opposing the decision of HRD ministry. They said that it is a malicious attempt to impose Hindi/Sanskrit on Tamil students. They also said that its a threat to Tamil Culture.
Why are Sanskrit words without vowels difficult to pronounce?
As in other foreign tongues, so also in Sanskrit, two or three consonants may follow each other without an intervening vowel-consonants which in our Persian grammatical system are considered as having a hidden vowel. Since most Sanskrit words and names begin with such consonants without vowels, we find it very difficult to pronounce them.
What are the four kinds of Sanskrit words in Tamil?
In Tolkappiyam II, 397, the author classifies words into four kinds as iyaRcol, tiricol, ticaiccol and vatacol. lyaRcol is indigenous word and vatacol is Sanskrit word. Tolkappiyar, Sanskrit words having been inseparably mixed up in Tamil.