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HIGH DEGREE OF CULTURE
The aboriginal languages in the south of India
were associated with a high degree of culture, and hence it is not surprising
to note the presence of the Dravidian element in Sanskrit. It can be easily
maintained that much, that is not found in Latin and Greek but peculiar
to Sanskrit alone is due to the conduct of the Aryans with the Dravidians.
PROF RAPSON
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PRONUNCIATION
There are evidences which tend to show that the
Aryans adapted somewhat of the pronunciation of Dravidian languages.
LINGUISTIC SURVEY
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AFFINITY TO TAMIL
It is said that the Chinese has some affinity
to Tamil.
T.P.P.(1913)
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ENLARGED THE VOCABULARY OF ARYANS
Dravidian languages enlarged the vocabulary of
the Aryan languages and influenced their inflections.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND ETHICS
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PRESERVED A LARGE NUMBER OF ROOTS
Most of the tongues spoken by men go back to common
sources and that the Dravidian group has preserved a large number of roots.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MYTHIC SOCIETY
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ALWAYS TAMIL, NEVER SANSKRIT
There is yet another important difference between
Tamil and other Dravidian literary languages; the metalanguage of Tamil
has always been Tamil, never Sanskrit.
DR. KAMIL ZVELEBIL
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AGGLUTINATIVE
Tamil is regarded as agglutinative in formation.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
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MODE OF COLLOCATING
The mode of collocating its (Tamil) words follows
the logical or intellectual order more so than even Latin or Greek.
DR. SQHMIDT
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WEALTH OF WORDS
Tanil has a wealth of words which English lacks;
thus in its first stage, new form is the blossom. The apple is a (pinju),
developed but still immature is (kaai ) , when fully ripe it is (kani).
DR. GEORGE UGLOW POPE
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TAMIL CHARACTERISTICS
Davidian characteristics have been traced alike
in Vedic and classical Sanskrit in the Prakrits or early popular dialects
and in the modern vernaculars derived from them. The presence of the second
series of dental letters, the so called cerebrals in the language of the
Rigveda and their absence from any other Indo-European languages is ascribed
to Dravidian Influence.
PROF KALIPADAMITRA, MA.,B.L
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