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Originally posted by: thethickofit
Very interesting topic, btw.@on the topic of Dravidian languages - they are not mutually intelligible like say Hindi & Urdu. Only Tamil & Malayalam to a very limited extent. Whilst all the languages do share a common ancestor - Proto-Dravidian language, Kannada & Telugu evolved much earlier and developed independently. Tamil & Malayalam differentiated into Proto-South-Dravidian. Malayalam is debated to have been the last one to split. Malayalees may, thus, find it slightly easier to understand some words/phrases in Tamil. Modern Malayalam has little in common with Tamil, though. Certain dialects could be due to location and its history.Angel-likeDevil, look up 'Proto-Dravidian' on Wikipedia if you are interested in linguistics. I find South Indian languages & history utterly fascinating. But I am still learning. Long way to go! lol
wow, thankyou, never knew all this 😃 that is why the pronounciation is also so different.. kannada seems almost like telugu in script although a lot different, it's easier to speak Kannda in comparison to Tamil, and easier to pronounce Tamil in comparison to Malayalam. Even the scripts... Kannada < Tamil < Malayalam.. the complexity of the script from the looks i mean :p
I will surely look it up! Love how this thread has taken an interesting turn :-)
BRB, kinda busy :D
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