Should the word TAMIL be changed to TAMIZH!?
By vbvbvb
@vbvbvb (85)
India
March 31, 2007 10:41am CST
TAMIL or TAMIZH? well there is an obvious answer but according to the spelling of Tamil in Tamil actually a 'zh' is used. for instance as in KANIMOZHI, although it may be pronounced as kanimoli.
Look friends I am an North-Indian and have learned to speak, read and write Tamil in the last 3 years of mu stay here in Tamil nadu. so even if I might not qualify to discuss on a topic about such an ancient and great language, I think its worth discussing since the aspect deals its(Tamil's) English dimension.........
2 responses
@mvsrao (4365)
• India
31 Mar 07
I am very glad that you can speak , read and
write Tamil language . I am a South Indian &
I've tried to learn Tamil . I could not devote
required time for it and I have not yet learnt ...
Anyway , I dont think that English spelling
of Tamil will be changed to Tamizh . And state
Tamilnadu will not become Tamizhnadu .
English is a language of simplicity and the
spelling for other regional language words
is based on the pronunciation . Feasibility
is more important than the convention .
And if anyone interested in knowing about
Tamil language and Tamil script may see the
following links :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script
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@arunsonnet (111)
• India
25 Apr 07
I ama tamilian.
Tamil should actually be "tamizh"
but during the british rule, the called it that way
and that has not changed.
Even if we try to change that there will lots of confusion.
So lets stick with it.
Anyway, a north indian caring abt tamil(thats great)
