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Tamil Language Summary
740 words, approx. 3 pages
Tamil belongs to the South Dravidian subgroup of the Dravidian family of languages and has been spoken from prehistoric times in southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka. There are about 60 million speakers of Tamil in these two areas today; outside...
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Tamil language Information
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Asian Folklore Studies
Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970.(Review)
06/01/1999: 885 words, approx. 3 pages
RAMASWAMY, SUMATHI. Studies on the History of Society and Culture 29. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xxiii + 303 pages. B/w photographs, references, index. Cloth US$50.00; ISBN 0-520-20804-8. Paper US$20.00; ISBN 0-520-20805-6. Mother tongue, Mother's sound, how blissful, how dear, the first...
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
The medieval Tamil-language inscriptions in Southeast Asia and China.
09/01/1998: 16,075 words, approx. 54 pages
Eight medieval (ninth-thirteenth century) Tamil-language inscriptions have so far been found in Southeast Asia and China. The contents, locations, dates and local historical and archaeological contexts provide an interesting sidelight on an important period in the economic history of Southeast Asia. Early inscriptions...
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AP News
Newspaper suspended over Jesus picture
8/24/2007: 339 words, approx. 1 pages
Malaysia's government ordered a Tamil-language daily to immediately halt publication for a month Friday as punishment for printing an image of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette, an official with the newspaper said.S.M. Periasamy, general manager of Makkal Osai, which caters to Malaysia's ethnic Indian minority,...
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Irate Malaysian fans tear up cinemas
6/16/2007: 327 words, approx. 1 pages
Ethnic Indian fans wrecked cinemas in several Malaysian cities after a nationwide premiere of a long-awaited Tamil film was delayed or canceled due to technical glitches, news reports and a theater employee said Saturday.Screenings of "Sivaji: The Boss," were canceled or delayed by as much...
 


 

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