Are Tamil and Malayalam are separated Sisters??

[jaiganes]

I was watching Kiran TV from some mallu music and then they showed a song from the movie "Kannagi". An amazing song detailing the life of Kannagi, the female deity who is worshipped by both Thamizars and Malayalees. The cute thing about that is all that history before branching has been absorbed and owned by Malayalees without discrimination. That is one great example of kinship between two cultures.

[lordstanher]

I once heard sumone saying tat Malyalam is nothing but pure Tamil......ne further comments/inputs on this.....?

[Idiappam]

I once heard sumone saying tat Malyalam is nothing but pure Tamil......ne further comments/inputs on this.....?

Translate this to Malayaalam, someone! Maybe we can study the differences!

1. Avan varavillai. (He did not come)
2. Avan seiyavillai. (He did not do)
3. Naan muyaRchi seithEn. (I tried)
4. mika veppamAi irukkirathu. (It is very hot)

[Sowmya]

Hi all
Very interesting thread indeed..If you hear malayalam any person well versed in sanskrit will acknowledge the fact that it has sanskrit words in it.. and some tamil words as well.A very pleasant language indeed
Moreover malayalees are very good in sanskrit and manage to grasp any language very easily cos of the complexity of their language and the tough pronounciation of words.

[blahblah]

I once heard sumone saying tat Malyalam is nothing but pure Tamil......ne further comments/inputs on this.....?

Translate this to Malayaalam, someone! Maybe we can study the differences!

1. Avan varavillai. (He did not come)
2. Avan seiyavillai. (He did not do)
3. Naan muyaRchi seithEn. (I tried)
4. mika veppamAi irukkirathu. (It is very hot)

Here comes my translation:

1.Avan Vannilla.
2.Avan cheithilla.
3.Njan sramichu nocki.
4.Othiri choodanu/choodu valare kooduthalanu.

[Idiappam]

so from your translation Mr Blah Blah we see only one sanskrit word 'sramichu'.

So how now, Sowmya???

[Shoba]

Friends,

Thamizh is Malayalam's mother and Samskritham her father. Before the present India was divided into regions based on language, the whole of South India had a common enough language, which is apparent in South Indian arts & music.

Post 1956, when India was sliced up, there was an urge to purge one's language of foreign influence, and the quest for 'purity' and the endless debate on who came about first, started. Politics, I'm sure many of you will acknowledge, played and is still playing a heavy role on that last point I made.

As for Sowmya's point, I agree with her 100%. Having said that, Malayalam is not exclusively morphed from Samskritham. It's just that the influence has been pretty strong, clouding the once strong Thamizh influence.

In Moonnaar, the locals switch easily from Malayalam to Thamizh..and in the Sultan Bathery area, locals interchange 4 languages-Malayalam, Thamizh, Kannadam and the dialect spoken by Kurumans (the tribals), effortlessly!

We are ultimately South Indians..and we will inevitably have common words and phrases. This purification process worries me and reminds me of what the Skin Heads in Europe are doing.

Shoba

[Uthappam]

This purification process worries me and reminds me of what the Skin Heads in Europe are doing.

What are the Skin Heads doing down there in Europe? And why does purification worry you?

[Shoba]

This purification process worries me and reminds me of what the Skin Heads in Europe are doing.

What are the Skin Heads doing down there in Europe? And why does purification worry you?

Ah...me and my own worries, let it be, let it be...

Shoba

[Kaaththaadi]

The only Skinheads in India I am worried about are Hare Rama Hara Krishna Devotees. But they are harmless, I guess.