Ulimi lwesiTamil luneminyaka emingaki?
Context:IsiTamil singesinye sezilimi zakudala zaseNdiya ezisekhona isikhathi eside kakhulu. U - A. K. Ramanujan walichaza ngokuthi "luwukuphela kolimi lweNdiya yanamuhla oluhambisana ngokucacile nesikhathi esidlule". Ukuhlukahluka nekhwalithi yezincwadi zakudala zesiTamil kuye kwaholela ekubeni zichazwe ngokuthi "enye yezinkondlo nezincwadi zakudala zezwe". Izincwadi eziqoshiwe zesiTamil ziye zalotshwa iminyaka engaphezu kuka - 2 000. Isikhathi sokuqala sezincwadi zesiTamil, izincwadi zeSangam, zaqala cishe ngo - c. 300 BC kuze kube ngu-300 AD. Inezincwadi ezindala kunazo zonke ezikhona ezilimini zamaDravidian. Imibhalo yokuqala ye-epigraphic etholakala emithethweni yamatshe 'namatshe amaqhawe' isukela cishe ngekhulu lesi-3 BC. Cishe angu - 60 000 emibhalweni engaba ngu - 100 000 eyatholakala e - India yi - Archaeological Survey of India eTamil Nadu. Eziningi zazo, ezesiTamil, cishe amaphesenti amahlanu kuphela akwezinye izilimi. Kuye kwatholakala imibhalo yolimi lwesiTamil ebhalwe ngolimi lwesiBrahmi eSri Lanka nasezintweni zokuhweba eThailand naseGibithe. Imibhalo yesandla emibili yokuqala evela eNdiya, eyaqashelwa futhi yabhaliswa yi-UNESCO Memory of the World register ngo-1997 nango-2005, yayibhalwe ngesiTamil.
Ulimi lwesiTamil lungolunye lwezilimi ezindala kakhulu futhi eziphila isikhathi eside kunazo zonke futhi lukhona kusukela ngo - 300 BC. AmaTamil njengombhalo abhalwa iminyaka engaphezu kuka - 2 000. Imibhalo yokuqala epigraphic etholakala emadwaleni isukela emuva ekhulwini lesithathu leminyaka BC. Luwulimi olusemthethweni naseSingapore naseSri Lanka ngaphandle kwesifundazwe saseTamil Nadu eNdiya.