Tamil is one of the oldest classical languages of the world with peculiarities that sets it apart from many other contemporary languages. We have organized our content such that, at your own pace, you can gain a decent understanding of Tamil language. It is quite natural to face few difficulties during the course of learning Tamil. Don't feel dejected. Practice, practice and practice again until you are comfortable in speaking Tamil.
Tamil is the only literary tradition indigenous to India that is not derived from Sanskrit. Tamil is the mother language of Dravidian languages and Dravidian culture in India. Indeed, its literature arose before the influence of Sanskrit in the south became strong and so is qualitatively different from anything we have in Sanskrit or other Indian languages. It has its own poetic theory, its own grammatical tradition, its own esthetics, and, above all, a large body of literature that is quite unique. Tamil is one of the ancient classical literature and tradition of the world with an estimated history of more than 3000 years. Tamil had a well defined grammatical treatise named 'Tholkappiyam' even 2500 years ago. The maturity and fineness of this oldest literary work indicates that Tamil literature has even longer history than estimated. Tamil literature is also a part of curriculum of many international universities. Tamil is the first language of the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory Pondicherry in India. There is a significant amount of Tamil population in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. It also has large communities of Tamil speakers in many other countries like Indonesia, United Kingdom, Canada, Mauritius, Australia, USA, London, South Africa. People who move from other states to Tamil Nadu are learning Tamil. We have also seen a lot of interest from outside India for learning Tamil. But there are plenty of other reasons to learn Tamil. Here are some that we think will motivate you to learn this one of the oldest and beautiful language. Tamil has a very long history and its origins is still left to speculation. It is one of the oldest but yet surviving language of the world. Many scholars and linguists learn Tamil literature because of its richness and variety. Many historians also learn Tamil to research the world of ancient Tamils and their civilization....!
