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I learn quite a lot from here.
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So r u trying to say that tamil is supreme or what??
The title of the thread is Tamil - Elderliness, and not Tamil supreme! Here the writer of quoted line has misdirected himself!! In the nature of things in this world, something must be old, some other thing must be not so old and something else most recent. Anything can be old, for example the language of Nagaland (let's assume). This does not mean that you must bring yourself in direct opposition to that thing which is proposed or discovered to be old. To take such a stance is to get yourself worked up meaninglessly for no reason. If you can be happy with proposed antiquity of Sankrit, for the same reason logically . you should also tolerate the claimed antiquity of Tamil. The basis for decision one way or other depends on linguistic evidence and not on personal feelings, likes and dislikes.
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I do completely ignore this thread just like I ignore a tamilian.
Pl do so! Ignore ...and that is the best you can do, if you are not an enthusiast, exponent or student of linguistics it is not for you since you may run the risk of misdirecting yourself. The elderliness or motherliness of Tamil or Sanskrit or any other classical language is not ipso facto against your own mother tongue or any other language you love!! In Linguistics as in any other discipline, one must at all times be objective and be balanced in view.
