Tamil Language Overview

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What is the status of Tamil in the Constitution of India?

  • It is a recognized language
  • It is the official language
  • It is a classical language
  • It is a scheduled language (correct)

Where is Tamil an official language?

  • Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka (correct)
  • Sri Lanka and Singapore
  • India and Sri Lanka
  • Tamil Nadu and Singapore

In which countries is the Tamil diaspora found?

  • United Kingdom, Mauritius, India
  • Malaysia, United States, Canada
  • Myanmar, Australia, South Africa
  • Canada, Australia, United Kingdom (correct)

According to A. K. Ramanujan, what does Tamil represent?

<p>The only language of contemporary India with a classical past (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

For how long has recorded Tamil literature been documented?

<p>Over 2000 years (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was the earliest period of Tamil literature, the Sangam literature, dated from?

<p>c. 300 BC until AD 300 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the classification of Tamil among the Dravidian languages?

<p>It belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the divergence between Tamil and Malayalam begin?

<p>Around the 9th century AD (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the earliest period of the attested history of the Tamil language?

<p>Old Tamil (300 BC–AD 700) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where have Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script been discovered?

<p>Sri Lanka and on trade goods in Thailand and Egypt (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When were the two earliest manuscripts from India, acknowledged and registered by the UNESCO Memory of the World register, written in Tamil?

<p>1997 and 2005 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which Indian language has the most ancient non-Sanskritic Indian literature?

<p>Tamil (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam in 1578?

<p>Portuguese Christian missionaries (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many newspapers were published in Tamil according to a 2001 survey?

<p>1,863 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where were ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions found in November 2007?

<p>'Quseir-al-Qadim' with Egyptian pottery dating back to first century BC (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does material evidence suggest about the speakers of Proto-Dravidian?

<p>They were associated with Neolithic complexes of South India. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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