Ange Idi Mulanguthu - Udumban Song.mp4

http://www.inbaminge.com/t/folk/Thekkampatti%20S%20Sundarrajan%20Nattupura%20Padalgal%20-%20Folk%20Songs/

cittaantarettinam Dr.S.SundarabaluAssistant Professor

Department of LinguisticsBharathiar University

Coimbatore-46India

Sunder_balu@yahoo.co.in9715769995

• Tamil People and Cultures

kumarikandam 16000 BC.mp4

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The famous Tamil work Silappathikaram belongs to the later Sangam period.

ஐம்பெ�ருங்கா�ப்�யங்காள் (epic)

இளங்கோகா�வடிகாள் இயற்றி�ய (Written by iLango atikaL )

சி�லப்�தி�கா�ரம் (Silappathikaram)

கா�டுகா�ண்கா�தைதி

ஊழி�பெதி�றுஊழி�பெதி�றுஉலகாம் கா�க்கா!

அடியல் தின்அளவுஅரசிர்க்குஉணர்த்தி�,

வடி கோவல்எறி�ந்திவ�ன்�தைகாபெ��றி�து,

பஃறுளி�யா�ற்றுடன்பன்மலை அடுக்கத்துக்

குமரி�க் கோக�டும் கொக�டுங்கடல்கொக�ள்ளி -20

English: GOOD MORNING

Polish:DOBRY

Tamil: vanakkam

Nathaswaram_01.mp4

• What is Language • Philosophers logicians, psychologists, literary critics,

creative writers, linguists, and many others have been interested in language and have defined it from the point of view of their own disciplines

• Speech is the representation of the experience of the mind -Aristotle

• Language is the expression of ideas by means of speech sounds combined into words

-Henry Sweet• A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols, by means

of which a social group co-operates.-Bloch and Trager

• The totality of the utterances that can be made in a speech community is the language of that speech community

-Bloomfield

Some Common Features of Languages1. Wherever humans exist, language exists.2. All languages are equally complex and equally capable of expressing any

idea in the universe.3. All languages change through time.4. The relationships between the sounds and meanings of spoken languages

are arbitrary.5. All human languages utilize a finite set of distinct sounds (phonemes) that

are combined to form meaningful elements or words, which themselves form an infinite set of possible sentences.

6. All grammars contain rules for the formation of words and sentences of a similar kind.

7. Every spoken language includes isolated sound segments like p, n, or a, which can all be defined by a finite set of sound properties or features. Every spoken language has a class of vowels and a class of consonants.

8. Similar grammatical categories (for example, noun, verb) are found in all languages.

9. There are semantic universals, such as “male” or “female”, “animate” or “human”, found in every language in the world.

10. Every language has a way of referring to past time, negating, forming questions, issuing commands, and so on.

Source: An Introduction to Language (1993) by Fromkin & Rodman

• Language Family

• Language Family• A set of languages deriving from a

common ancestor or "parent." Languages with a significant number of common features in phonology, lexicology, morphology and syntax stem from a common ancestor. Subdivisions of a language family are called "branches.”

• "It is estimated that there are more than 250 established language families in the world, and over 6800 distinct languages, many of which are threatened or endangered.“

(Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie, Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier

Science, 2008)“

Group Language

Lexicon

"father" "mother" "brother" "two" "three" "four" "horse"

Germanic Old English fæder modor broðor twa thrie feowre eoh

Italic Latin pater mater frater duos tres quattuor equus

Celtic Old Irish athair mathair brathir do tri ceathair ech

Hellenic Greek pater meter phrater 1 duos tri tetra hippos

Indic Sanskrit pitar matar bhratar dva trayas chatvari asva

Iranian Avestan pitar matar bratar dwa trayo chatvaro aspa

Slavic Russian otech matka brat dva tri chetyre loshaa (kon)

Armenian Armenian hayr erku erek' cork'

Tocharian Tocharian B pacer macer procer wi trai s'twer yakwe

• Indian Language Family

• India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. Most languages in India belong to one of the four language families:

• Indo-Aryan, • Dravidian, • Tibeto-Burmese and • Austro-Asiatic. • According to the 2001 Indian Census there are a

total of 122 languages and 234 mother tongues.• However, these figures cannot be accepted as final as the Census does not report languages

spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers (for instance, in 1961 around 1652 mother tongues were returned in the Census but only 193 languages were classified).

INDO-ARYAN 1. Assamese (S), 2. Bengali(S), 3.Bhili/Bhilodi, 4.Bishnupuriya, 5. Dogri(S) 6. Gujarati(S), 7. Halabi, 8. Hindi(S), 9. Kashmiri(S), 10. Khandeshi, 11. Konkani(S), 12. Lahnda, 13. Maithili(S), 14. Marathi(S), 15. Nepali(S), 16. Oriya(S), 17. Punjabi(S), 18. Sanskrit(S), 19. Shina, 20. Sindhi(S), 21. Urdu(S),

DRAVIDIAN

1.Coorgi/ Kodagu, 2. Gondi, 3. Jatapu, 4. Kannada(S), 5.Khond/Kondh, 6. Kisan, 7. Kolami, 8. Konda, 9.Koya, 10. Kui, 11. Kurukh/Oraon, 12. Malayalam(S), 13. Malto, 14. Parji, 15 Tamil(S), 16. Telugu(S), 17.Tulu.

AUSTRO-ASIATIC

1.Bhumij, 2. Gadaba, 3. Ho, 4. Juang, 5. Kharia, 6. Khasi, 7. Koda/Kora, 8. Korku, 9. Korwa, 10. Munda, 11.Mundari, 12. Nicobarese, 13. Santali(S) 14.Savara.

TIBETO-BURMESE

1.Adi, 2. Anal, 3. Angami, 4. Ao, 5. Balti, 6. Bhotia, 7. Bodo (S), 8. Chakesang, 9. Chakru/Chokri, 10. Chang, 11. Deori, 12. Dimasa, 13. Gangte, 14. Garo, 15. Halam, 16. Hmar, 17. Kabui, 18. Karbi/Mikir, 19. Khezha, 20. Khiemnungan, 21.Kinnauri, 22. Koch, 23. Kom, 24. Konyak, 25. Kuki, 26. Ladakhi, 27. Lahauli, 28. Lakher, 29. Lalung, 30. Lepcha, 31. Liangmei, 32. Limbu, 33.Lotha, 34. Lushai/Mizo, 35. Manipuri(S), 36. Maram, 37. Maring, 38.Miri/ Mishing, 39. Mishmi, 40. Mogh, 41. Monpa, 42. Nissi/Dafla, 43. Nocte, 44. Paite, 45. Pawi, 46. Phom, 47. Pochury, 48. Rabha, 49. Rai 50.Rengma, 51. Sangtam, 52. Sema, 53. Sherpa, 54. Simte, 55. Tamang 56. Tangkhul, 57. Tangsa, 58. Thado, 59. Tibetan, 60. Tripuri, 61. Vaiphei, 62. Wancho, 63.Yimchungr, 64.Zeliang, 65. Zemi, 66. Zou.

(Census India, 2010-11)

Languages at the time of formation of the Constitution

1. Assamese 6. Kashmiri 11. Sanskrit 2. Bengali 7. Malayalam 12. Tamil 3. Gujarati 8. Marathi 13. Telugu 4. Hindi 9. Oriya 14. Urdu 5. Kannada 10. Punjabi

• LIST OF DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES• Southern1. Tamil2. Kannada3. Malayalam4. Tulu5. Toda6. Kota7. Koraga8. Badaga9. Kurumba10.Irula11.Kodava (Kodagu)

Central1. Telugu2. Gondi3. Koya4. Konda5. Manda6. Pengo7. Kui8. Kuvi9. Kolami10.Naiki11.Parji12.Gadaba• Northern1. Brahui (the only Dravidian language NOT spoken in India, Sri Lanka,

Bangladesh or Nepal; it is spoken in Balochistan in Pakistan)2. Kurukh3. Malto

TAMILNADU

TAMIL ANNAI

semozi.mp4

Tamil - Traditional Dress

• There are three types of Tamil. So It is called “Tamil the three”.

• Tamil covers all three important aspects of a language, prose, music, and drama.

1. Tamil for prose helps one express their thoughts in a very simple form of prose and poems called cheyuLL.

2. Music Tamil helps one express their thoughts with music cheyuLL is accompanied by music in isai Tamil.

3. Tamil in Drama helps To express thoughts through acting. Nadakat tamil

Natyanjali 2012 Chidambaram - Dance by Anusha _ Sowmya 20.2..mp4

Tamil Folk Dance

PARAI PART II.mp4

jallikattu (Tamil: சில்லிகாட்டு, callikaṭṭtu) or, the Old Tamil phrasees eruthazhuvuthal (Tamil: ஏறுதிழுவல், ērutazhuval) or manju viraṭṭu (Tamil: மஞ்சுவரட்டு), is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day.

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Karakattam.mp4

Araroo ariraro.mpeg

Tamil folk lullaby

• Occupations of Tamil Land

Thekkampatti_S_Sundarrajan_Nattupura_Padalgal_-_Folk_Songs_.mpeg

Palmyra –Palm Tree

Making Salt

Veenai – Making A Musical Instrument

LayaProject Tapatam Full Video new.mp4

Making Silk- Sari

Fish –Catching

Food – Vegetarian and Non -Vegetarian

Worship

• This is a list of popular Hindu temples in the Indian

state of Tamil Nadu, known as Land of Temples.

Nearly 34,000 ancient temples, many at least 800 to

1200 years old, are found scattered all over the state.

Most of the largest Hindu Temples reside here.

Studded with complex architecture, variety of

sculptures, and rich inscriptions, the temples remain

the very essence of the culture and heritage of Tamil

land, with historical records dating back to at least

3,000 years.

Thousand pillars Mandabam