Oldest language known.

Dear readers,

From the history of this earth the oldest language known is "Tamil".

It is a language which is spoken in  "Tamil Naadu", a state in India.

It has about 247 letters which can be derived from 12 vowels & 18 consonants.

Exact origin of this language is not found yet.

But archeologists state that a sculpture found in Tamil Naadu is about 239 years old which is written in 300 BC.

History of this language can be divided into three major periods.

Old Tamil (300 BC to 700 CE).

Middle Tamil (700 to 1600).

Modern Tamil (From 1600).

CE is known as Common Era or "Christian Era".

Which begins when calendering system is started.

This picture states how tamil has gradually developed into today's writing script from ancient script.

Many interesting facts about tamil are about to be posted here.

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