The Queen of languages!!

Hello Guys! I actually had no idea for the past 2 days on what to write.. I was searching for a topic and always failed in getting a good one. But thanks for the language I am speaking from the day I started to speak.. from the land where I belong. The language which is been given the title Semmozhi! Yes! Its Tamizh on what I am to tell here.
This language has been praised as the language, which was born before civilizations. "Kal thondri, man thondra kaalathu mun thondriya tamizh mozhi!" It has the vantage point over other languages in the number of literatures.
According to the history, there were three sangams in the Tamizh reign! Mudharchangam(the first), Idaichangam(the middle) and Kadaichangam(the last, pronounced as 'ka' as in 'cu't and 'die') Among these periods of literature, we only have those of Kadaichangam's. Rest those of in the first and the middle reigns are lost in Tsunami, when it attacked the city of Kaaviripoompattinam ( Currently Poombuhar, its the remains of Kaaviripoompattinam!) Just imagine, we call the language's biggest strength as literature and we still have it as the greatest strength over the other languages only with those of what we got in Kadaichangam. This spells the victory of the language.

I am not a well versed in this language yet I know something. There is a movie called "Indian" in which there will be a scene explaining a writing of the protagonist, where they will be explaining a letter which is a mixture of two.. There is a dialogue, "மக்களை விழுங்கும் உனக்கு..! இந்த மண்ணில் இடம் எதற்கு? " ( Should be read as makkalai vizhungum unaku..! Intha mannil idam etharku? ) In the word உனக்கு.. the letter க் and கு are written as one letter.   

This was the way of writing before 1940s. But now, people almost forgot that such a kind of letter existed. 

There were many forms of poems (செய்யுள்) written. One of my personal favorites is siledai (சிலேடை). This is the biggest strength in tamizh literature as far as I know. In this form of poem, the poet will be stating the common characteristics of two things and will state what two things he was talking about at last. And to add a feather to the crown of this queen, the word ழ (zha) is not there in any other world language. Whatever be the case, if the rulers.. The emperors doesn't support the languages, there is no way it can build up its literature. There were three emperors as we can say them, ruling the land of Tamizh language. The Cholas, The Cheras and the Pandyas. Tamizh reign was expanded in both the Chola and the Pandya period. There are 5 great epic in the tamizh literature. 1. Silapathigaaram 2. Maimegalai 3. Seevaga sinthamani 4. Valaiyapathi 5. Kundalakesi .

These 5 epics spells the history, the rule, the land, the victory, the hatred among people and everything. There is another form of poem called பரணி (parani). This speaks about the rule, the reign and the life of a particular ruler. Mostly , this is sung after a victory or a death of a ruler in a war. It is because of this method of poetry we are now able to know about the rulers. 

Among the emperors of the land of Tamizh, people still remember the reign of the greatest ruler emerged in the Chola family. He is fondly called as RajarajaChozhan. His real name was Arulmozhivarman. It was in his reign the language attained eternity... Divinity! The living proof.. the Big temple in Thanjavur built by him explains it all. You can almost get all the happenings happened in his reign. And the way it was sculpted on the walls of the temple.. Its literally awesome. 

And talking about siledai... Here are some examples (Written by me) 

உருவமில்லா உணர்வாலும் - நெஞ்சில்

வஞ்சமில்லா எண்ணத்தாலும் - உணர்ந்தோர்

அடையும் பரவசத்தாலும் -  உள்ளத்தில்

உணராமல் வெளியே தேடப்படுவதாலும் -  அருள்

பெற்றோர் வெளிப்படுத்தும் துணிவாலும் - நீங்கிநோரை

அடையும் கூற்றாலும் - கூறுவேன்

காதலும் கடவுளும் ஒன்றே!

The above explains the common characteristics between Love and God. The explanation as follows:

Both love and GOD, has no body. U can only feel them. Both don't cheat. People feeling both, go divine. Both are searched outside even if they have them inside them. People will meet death, when they lose this feeling. That is why I conclude, that both are same. 

And another one:

திகட்டாததுவோ? இன்ப துன்பத் தேடலோ? 

கண்டதும் ஞாலம் மறக்கவைப்பதுவோ? 

கொண்டதும் ஞானம் முளைக்கவைப்பதுவோ? 

இனிமை பெருக்குவதோ? தனிமை மெருகுவதோ?

கண்கள் மூடினால் கண்டம் கடத்துவதோ?

கனவிலேயே காலம் கழிக்கவைக்கும் 

கானமும் கள்ளோ!?

Now, here comes the Grammar of Tamizh. The whole thing was said to written by Tholkaapiyar. The best part about Tamizh grammar is the comparative degree. Its called Aagupeyar (ஆகுபெயர்).  I think this is from where the evolution of Metaphor and simile occurred. Kaalai varugiran (metaphor) and kaalai ponravan varugiraan (simile) both means the same meaning. Now another type is using place in the sentences. For example, India Wins! which means the Indian team wins. There are many such types. 

There are also rules for joining words. ஈறுபோதல், இடையுகரம் ஈ ஆதல், ஆதி நீடல், அடி அகரம் ஐ ஆதல்,  தன்னொற்றிரட்டல், முன் நின்ற மெய் திரிதல்  and so many of it. Tamizh is not one easy language to get trained or to speak. It is one of the toughest language. The bigger problem comes in a way that it has only one type in all letters. For example, it has only one க. But other languages have four. Hence it becomes difficult in understanding the word and the pronunciation. Another problem in the language is it has many meanings for a single word. The meaning of the word has to be understood according to the sentence used. 

Tamizh can make people not only calm, but Tamizh can make people get trained in venting wrath. This soft language at times can get really hard in the way of using it. There are lot more to explain and feel proud about the language. But the saddest part is that a MA in Tamizh cannot survive in this "IT" world. But its in our hands, to make this endangered species survive. And its our duty to protect and build it. Because this one language can never be compared to any other. This one language can never be understood easily. This one language can never have a substitute. This is mother of three more languages. The origin should not die. Let the queen live!! Till the end of world!  

தமிழன் என்று சொல்லடா!

தலை நிமிர்ந்து நில்லடா!!