What is the difference between Malayalis and Tamilians?

The basic difference is Malayalis are mainly from Kerala and Tamilians are mainly from Tamil Nadu.

What does the word Tamizhan mean?

1 : of or relating to Tamil or the Tamils. 2 : dravidian. Tamilian. noun.

Do all malayalis speak Tamil?

Not all Malayalis Understand Tamil, and only few can speak Tamil fluently. Writing style is totally alien , may be 1\% of Malayai fluent Tamil speakers can read and write Tamil. However there is small group near border of Thiruvananthapuram, Edukki who can, but they are Tamil decedents.

Do all Malayalis know Tamil?

No, All malayalis do not understand Tamil. there are malayalis outside Kerala, who cannot understand even Malayalam properly.

What is the origin of Tamil language?

According to linguists like Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Tamil, as a Dravidian language, descends from Proto-Dravidian, a proto-language. Linguistic reconstruction suggests that Proto-Dravidian was spoken around the third millennium BC, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin in peninsular India.

Is Tamizh a Tamil word or an English word?

There is no accepted usage for the word Tamizh or Thamizh in English language. Similarly Aangilam is the Tamil word for the English language. So while writing in Tamil,it must be more elegant to use this word instead of the English which is actually not a Tamil word at all.

What is the difference between Tamil and tamoule?

Tamil is the name given in English to the language spoken by Tamils – தமிழ். In French, Tamil is tamoule. The Japanese call this language タミル語 (Tamiru-go) Each name is right, in it’s own language. Tamil would be wrong in French, Tamoule would be wrong in English, as would be any of the these variations: thamizh, thamil or tamizh.

How do you pronounce the Tamil word ழ?

Proper pronounciation of ழ is difficult as it is typical. Even the southern districts of Thamizh Nadu finds it difficult in prouncing ழ and use ல/ள. Nearest English relevance to ழ is zha which varies when pronounced. English comfortably adopted L and had been in practice for centuries now.

What is the meaning of the Tamil word ‘Zha’?

It is something similar to ‘Ja’ (ஜ). “Zha is La (ழ)” is more like a local notation to Tamil Nadu and Kerala and for rest it’s not. If you spell Tamil as Tamizhl, there is a great probability that other state / country people would pronounce it as Tamijhil or close to it.