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**doctorzlo** · 12-13-2005, 07:00 AM

// PrAkrit was spoken by pallavAs also. the root of Sanskrit goes much deeper than you imagine.//
We only have some works from the Late Sangam, the work from the two previous sangams are almost all wiped out by floods and other things. The 'available' oldest Thamizh text is 'Tholkaapiyam' from 2,500 years or so. Nevertheless the antiquity of Thamizh can be understood from its roots and it's linguistic richness. If you should know the amount of people speaking 'Hindi' has increased after the Independance of so called Indian Union. Should I explain why and how?! Does that make Hindi superior to Thamizh according to your quote...
//it is not the age that matters. it is the usage and population of speakers that really means.//

Of course not! Sanskirit is nothing compare to Thamizh and Hindi is nothing too! The English Empire has spreaded English..does that make English superior interm of linguistic level? Of course not. Like the Thirkkural,

"oliththakAl ennAam uvati elipakai
naagam uyirpak kedum!" - Thiruvalluvar

The kural means even if you have a sea of rats, they will run away the very moment the snake start to breathe!

Similarly you could have tons of people speaking Sanskirit or hindi or w/e but it doesn't make Sanskirit or hindi or any other languages superior than THAMIZH!!!

12-13-2005, 07:00 AM	#7
doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	// PrAkrit was spoken by pallavAs also. the root of Sanskrit goes much deeper than you imagine.// We only have some works from the Late Sangam, the work from the two previous sangams are almost all wiped out by floods and other things. The 'available' oldest Thamizh text is 'Tholkaapiyam' from 2,500 years or so. Nevertheless the antiquity of Thamizh can be understood from its roots and it's linguistic richness. If you should know the amount of people speaking 'Hindi' has increased after the Independance of so called Indian Union. Should I explain why and how?! Does that make Hindi superior to Thamizh according to your quote... //it is not the age that matters. it is the usage and population of speakers that really means.// Of course not! Sanskirit is nothing compare to Thamizh and Hindi is nothing too! The English Empire has spreaded English..does that make English superior interm of linguistic level? Of course not. Like the Thirkkural, "oliththakAl ennAam uvati elipakai naagam uyirpak kedum!" - Thiruvalluvar The kural means even if you have a sea of rats, they will run away the very moment the snake start to breathe! Similarly you could have tons of people speaking Sanskirit or hindi or w/e but it doesn't make Sanskirit or hindi or any other languages superior than THAMIZH!!!
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