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Which is the oldest Dravidian language—Kannada or Tamil? Listen to scientists, not celebrities

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Multiple lines of evidence show Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Indo-Aryan speakers migrated at various points all across the subcontinent. Prehistoric Indian languages were as diverse as today’s. Anirudh Kanisetti explains in #ThePrint #ThinkingMedieval.

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20 Comments

@venkiteswaraiyer2130 1 year ago

Silence is the oldest and most modern language

@Politics_Today_TVK 1 year ago

First Title is wrong...?😂😂

@A-Freedie 1 year ago (edited)

While young Chinese innovators are investing their time, intellect, and energy in learning, exploring technology, conducting research, driving innovation, and building globally competitive startups and manufacturing industries, we in India often remain caught up in language pride, past glories, and historical nostalgia—failing to fully embrace the present or prepare for the future.

@anoopkvpoduval 1 year ago

In the past, languages didn't have clear boundaries as we have today due to academic rules. They used to mix and evolve into many dialects all the time.

@billubadshah897 1 year ago

Thanks For Updating and Explaining

@MyGratian 1 year ago

The actual name for the Tamil Sangam, the literary gathering of Tamil poets and intellectuals held in Madurai, was 'Koodal'. The term 'Sangam' appeared in later centuries due to Buddhist, Jain, and Brahmanical influences, and it was not used during the Sangam age. Please note that Madurai had alternative names, including 'Koodal'.

@jerrypeter4280 1 year ago (edited)

The ideal title for this video would be “I don’t know”
Nine and a half minutes of my life I won’t get back.

@ShriNidhi-zu2im 1 year ago

What you can expect from Kamal Haasan? He is no more actor now he is a politician.

@Star-ds4sd 1 year ago

Thanks for Analysis ❤

@NashSh-li4ch 1 year ago

North Indians : Fight between religions
South Indians:Fight between language pride
North east India : fight between tribes
Sad reality of India

@Neha-xs3xk 1 year ago (edited)

So coooool... its like an adventure story. Thanku! This always is the joy of depth academic explorations, built over years of research by many.

@jainnarein 1 year ago

Answer for this question by chatgpt, deepseek and copilot is Tamil.
Tamil, The record holder for the world's oldest language still in use today goes to Tamil. Around 78 million people speak Tamil, mostly in Sri Lanka (an island nation southeast of India), southern India, and Singapore.

@vishweshwarabs3898 1 year ago

A new perspective. Thanks and welcome.

@kasthuripragasam2990 1 year ago

Please please interview R.Mannar Mannan - A historian, Media person, History researcher, Numismatist, writer, Orator.

@rickyabraham2220 1 year ago

Very nice analysis if facts!!

@djspiceroute86 1 year ago

This doesn’t sound controversial at all 😅 but fully agreed nothing develops in isolation it’s always exchange of ideas and technology which foster growth and has done over the millennia