Tracing Indo-European languages’ Tamil roots
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Jan 22, 2025, 2:50:15 PM1/22/25
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Tracing Indo-European languages’ Tamil roots
TN body along with Oxford University Press to publish an etymological dictionary in 12 volumes.
""The Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation (TNTB & ESC) has partnered with the Oxford University Press (OUP) to publish a 12-volume comparative etymological dictionary, which will uncover Tamil’s ancient link to Indo-European languages. Led by Professor G Arasentiran (former head of the department of Tamil, Madras Christian College), the project builds upon the work of renowned English philologist William Skeat, who identified 461 Proto-Indo-European (PIE) roots in his influential work, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.""
""The project will underscore Tamil’s significance as one of the world’s oldest languages, pushing its antiquity even further back than previously recognised. It will also provide new support for the Nostratic theory, which states that there was a common language between Europe and Asia, as well as the monogenesis theory, arguing a shared linguistic origin for all languages.""
read more @https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/Jan/20/tracing-indo-european-languages-tamil-roots
""The Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation (TNTB & ESC) has partnered with the Oxford University Press (OUP) to publish a 12-volume comparative etymological dictionary, which will uncover Tamil’s ancient link to Indo-European languages. Led by Professor G Arasentiran (former head of the department of Tamil, Madras Christian College), the project builds upon the work of renowned English philologist William Skeat, who identified 461 Proto-Indo-European (PIE) roots in his influential work, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.""
""The project will underscore Tamil’s significance as one of the world’s oldest languages, pushing its antiquity even further back than previously recognised. It will also provide new support for the Nostratic theory, which states that there was a common language between Europe and Asia, as well as the monogenesis theory, arguing a shared linguistic origin for all languages.""
read more @https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/Jan/20/tracing-indo-european-languages-tamil-roots
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