Let us not continue to mislead the learned Quoran community with imaginary terms like Dravidian,Proto-Dravidian etc These terms were used by mistake by Bishop Caldwell,Francis White at a time when linguistics in India was just evolving.Now,things are clear with muddy waters settling down..Linguists are now certain there is nothing called Dravida itself vide Alvaro Hans's answer to Why are there 2 different language families in India? Indo Aryan and Dravidian? .When Dravidian itself is proved to be non-existent,linguists raise a question on why talking about Proto-Dravidian. Please read Geetha Thirumalai's answer to What is the origin of the Proto-Dravidian language*? Has its ancestry been traced linguistically, geographically and politically? for more in this regard.
Hence,any reference to Proto-Dravidian may be taken as referring to Tamil,world’s oldest surviving language.The sounds ‘Ha,Sha,Ja’ are found in Tamil but pronounced so according to natural phonetics.
Examples:
- Sundar சுந்தர் is pronounced as ‘Shundhar’ while Chuttipayal சுட்டிப் பயல் is pronounced as Chuttipayal and not Shuttipayal.
- Aaharam ஆகாரம் is pronounced as Aaharam and not Aakaram.
- Jannal ஜன்னல் is pronounced as Jannal.
- (Originally published in Quora)
No comments:
Post a Comment