#tamil dialects

[gomzdrawfr]

Sometimes im reminded that Malaysian tend to have like the habit of switching up languages with no big issues and forgot that not everyone can do that

I went to the local food market, the type that is out in the open with several stalls all placed together closely and its crowded and stuff right

So I talk to my brother and sister in English, Mandarin + Cantonese to my mom and dad. If we're ordering food from the aunty uncle, we either use hokkien / fujian or Malay (depending the race of the seller)

There was a neighbouring customer who were white(think they were from America judging from the bag and general mannerism) that started talking to my dad and he was just saying how insane we sounded switching languages around HAHA

[vhstown]

need to write a nadeesh and pavitr interaction so bad

[rightnewshindi]

दुनिया में मार्क्सवादी विधारधारा के जनक थे कार्ल मार्क्स, आज के दिन हुआ था उनका निधन

दुनिया में मार्क्सवादी विधारधारा के जनक थे कार्ल मार्क्स, आज के दिन हुआ था उनका निधन

Karl Marx: आज ही के दिन यानी की 14 मार्च को दुनिया को एक नई दिशा दिखाने वाले कार्ल मार्क्स का निधन हो गया था। कार्ल मार्क्स जर्मनी के एक महान विचारक होने के साथ ही इतिहासकार, राजनीतिक सिद्धांतकार, अर्थशास्त्री, समाजशास्त्री, पत्रकार और क्रांतिकारी की उपाधि से जाना जाता है। उन्होंने आधुनिक इतिहास पर गहरा प्रभाव डाला था। 20वीं शताब्दी में उनके माजवाद, कम्युनिज्म और विचारों ने राजनीतिक दृष्टिकोण को…

[mourniepoo]

Please note that the families listed here were chosen purely by number of speakers, as those would be the most likely to be spoken. There are still MANY more language families not listed

Some of these have over a thousand languages so I cant list all of them, but I'll list a few languages from each family and the generam geography of it under the cut

Austronesian

Languages spoken mostly in Southeast Asian archipeligos including Indonesian, Malay, Javanese (NOT Japanese), and Tagalog, among others

Sino-Tibetian

Languages spoken mostly arround East and Southeast Asia along with some parts of Central Asia including Chinese (all dialects), Burmese, Tibetic languages, and Nepali, among others

Indo-European

Languages spoken mostly around Europe and South-Southwest Asia including English, all romance languages, Greek, Albanian, German, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, among others

Afro-Asiatic

Languages spoken mostly around Northern ans Northeaster Africa, and West Asia including Egyptian, Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, and Hausa, among others

Fun fact! When counted as a single language, Arabic alone is spoken by over half of the native speakers of Afro-Asiatic languages

Atlantic-Congo

Languages spanning most of Africa exclusing Northern parts including Fula, Wolof, Swahilli, Kirundi, Luhya, Makua, Xhosa, and Shona languages, among others

Fun fact! This family has the most languages of any language family at 1,453 total!

Dravidian

Languages spoken mostly in souther India, along with surrounding countries, including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Brahui, among others

Turkic

Languages spoken in many countries throughout (mostly central/centeal western) Asia and Eastern Europe including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Uyghur, and Kazakh, among others

Fun fact! While we mostly think of Turkic languahes being from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Proto-Turkic actually originates from East Asia around China and Mongolia! It's seldom spoken there anymore

Japonic

Languages spoken mostly in Japan (Note: NOT including the Ainu languages) including Japanese, Ryukyuan, and Hachijō, among others

Fun fact! Japanese was considered an isolate language (a language with no other languages in its family) until the Ryukyuan languages joined it in the Japonic family.

It also has the lowest number of languages of the ones listed, with 13 languages.

Should Koreanic have made it onto the list (It was JUST bekow Kra-Dai for # of speakers), that would be the lowest with only 2 languages!

Austroasiatic

Languages spoken mostly around South through East Asia Including Vietnamese, Khmer, Tagalog, among others

Fun fact! Two-thirds of people who speak an Austroasiatic language speak Vietnamese

Kra-Dai

Languages spoken mostly in Southeast Asia and Southern China including Thai, Lao, Bê, among others

[hobiebrownismygod]

Researching Characters so you don't have to Part 2: Pavitr Prabhakar & His Dialect

NOT MY ART! Click on it for the link! <3

Pavitr Prabhakar's accent is basically non-existent in writing. Its not like Hobie's where you make some letters silent and enunciate specific parts of the words. Indian accents, especially Pav's aren't shown through writing, which is perfectly fine. The difficult part of trying to write Pavitr Prabhakar is his dialect, not his accent.

Like I explained in my last post, dialect and accents aren't the same thing. An accent is the way someone pronounces things while the dialect is an accent along with vocabulary and grammar. Pavitr's dialect would be heavily influenced by Mumbai dialect, considering the fact that he lives in Mumbattan.

First off, Indians speak English. Like if you go to India, I guarantee that 90% of the people there under the age of 40 will speak fairly fluent English. Schools in India teach multiple languages, one of them usually being English, and Indian children are almost fluent in English by the age of 10-13. Its basically a necessity.

So if you're going to write Pav, don't butcher his English and make him sound like he doesn't speak it well, because thats not true. Most Indians speak English really well, and you shouldn't feed into the stereotypes with your writing.

However, he would speak a mixture of languages together. Think of it like Spanglish, where you use English grammar for Spanish words. Its the same thing with Indians. They often toss a couple of English words into a sentence using the grammar of whatever language they're speaking, whether its Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, etc. They would also do it the other way around, tossing Hindi/Marathi/etc phrases into English sentences. So if you're going to write Pav, writing him tossing in Hindi phrases is going to be a lot more accurate than writing broken English or even full English, Especially if you're going to be writing him with his aunt, uncle or Gayatri, because they are all going to be speaking the same, if not a similar language, even if you're going to write them in English.

There's not much else to say, besides the fact that Indians tend to use some English words much more than they do in the west. For example Indians say the word "bro" a lot. Its seen in movies and just in general as well. Teenage boys and young adult men say "bro" almost all the time, usually referring to their friends, classmates, cousins, etc. But, they wouldn't say it to someone older to them or someone they need to be respectful towards, like a boss etc.

Some other phrases (Hindi) that Indians tend to use a lot are:

Bhaiyya (older brother - used to refer to boys older than you)

Achha? (really? - often used sarcastically but can also be used normally)

Arre! (Hey, hey you! - used to call someone, used to get someone's attention)

Yaar (friend - light/friendly slang term for a friend)

Like always, research is going to be your best friend, so if you want to find more of these phrases you can search them up on Google. Hopefully this helped <3

[thozhar]

In the episode Hometown, the narrative delves intriguingly into the cord between the Tamil Muslim diaspora and their ties to the Tamil Motherland, unveiling a unique transnational culture distinct from that of the Indentured Tamils, who form the ancestral roots of most Malaysian Tamils today. Throughout the narrative, viewers encounter characters proudly listing their ancestral villages such as Alangankulam, Panaikulam, Saanthankulam, and Chittarkottai, all nestled within the Ramnad district, a stark contrast to the reality of most Indentured Tamils, who struggle to even identify the district their ancestors had come from. While this intimacy between the diaspora and the mainland is alien to the displaced Indentured Tamils, the narrative presented in the mockumentary form a parallel with the descendants of wealthy Tamil Hindus and Christians who may still bear strong connections to the Tamil lands.

This contrast is also important to note between Tamil Muslims and the Indentured Tamils because it reveals the plurality of both the Malaysian Tamil community, and the contradictory contexts of migration, which have never been linear. While this comparison is between these two distinct but related communities, the narrative however, introspects upon other Tamil Muslims who do not have a transnational link to their ancestral village in Tamil Nadu. The narrative ruptures this hegemonic view of the connections between the Tamil Muslim diaspora and Tamil Nadu, by expressing that to bear no link doesn’t completely uproot one’s identity, consciousness, and culture.

Shafie notes that the insistence within the community to inquire and investigate the roots of another Malaysian Tamil Muslim does not come merely from an innocent sense of curiosity but arises through the need to access how they would need to treat the other person and how they should relate to the other person. In the micro-series, we witness how a character simply stating that his native is Ampang causes dissatisfaction within others, who continue pestering him about his roots. To this annoyance, the simple yet piercing line of “oorachum mayirachum” is delivered; it interprets not just a retort against annoyance but also an affliction against the idea that a person can be reduced to land he bears severed connections with. It iterates that the connection to land alone cannot encapsulate both the dialectical consciousness of man and his ancestral soil.

— The Bhais: Tamil Muslim Mockumentary Explores the Complexities of Being a Minority within a Minority

[livelaughlovechai]

Things to keep in mind while writing a south asian character-

(Since I'm a mixed south-north indian and a hindu-sikh I've mainly included details about indian-hindu characters(ill try to include more abt sikh characters aswell)tho ive tried to include as much info as I can abt other south asian countries aswell !also ,if you want,feel free to add more details in :)

And please forgive my grammar in some of these places XD

1.The most common one,of course being that south asia is not all india.countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri lanka,Bhutan etc exist to.

2.Religion tends to be a big part of many south asian people’s lives , and If not a big part of their life,than most south asians are atleast religious in one way or the other.Different religions are in majority in different regions of south asia.For example,Sri lanka is majority buddhist, mainly in the sinhalese majority while the tamil minority there is majority hindu. But it's more than valid if ur character is atheist to tho!

3.For indian characters specifically ,it's is important to know what state they are from and that state’s culture . For example,most (or almost all)tamil characters won't wear a salwar kameez.(if they do then mostly muslim tamils)(reminder;I'm talking about traditional wear. Yes a lot of Tamil's could wear a salwar kameez if they want but it is not the traditional dress of tamil nadu)

4.India itself is very diverse,so don't make every character hindu.in some regions one religion is more in the majority than the others.If you decide to make a christian-indian character ,than they usually are from south-west india and north-east india.

5.If you decide to make a hindu-indian character as maybe a marvel/dc oc or something , its best to do some research on hindu stories and history.trust me,it helps alot. If not a hindu character than do research on the folk tales of that characters region,as that can help to.

6.NOT EVERY INDIAN SPEAKS HINDI.INDIAN/HINDU ARE NOT LANGUAGES.istg please . All it takes is one search of your characters state and the states description almost always mentions the state’s official language.while some character from non Hindi speaking areas of the country, for example a malyalee person could know how to speak hindi (most probably by living somewhere like delhi),they would still talk in malayalam with family and stuff . Also a pakistani character and Hindi speaking indian can almost always communicate easily since since the most spoken language in Pakistan,Urdu is very similar to Hindi in sound(also a lot of indians,specifically muslim indian’s have urdu as their first language.)Also punjabi Pakistani's and Indian's don't have any problem in communication(the script they write punjabi in is different tho)Also since a lot of people from the north had their ancestors migrate from pakistan to india during partition regional languages of Pakistan such as sindhi,multani,balochi etc can be understood by some people of such descent living in India.And a bengali speaking indian and a Bangladeshi can communicate just as well.Nepali speaking indians and Nepali people can also communicate with each other.But when it comes to Sri Lankan tamil people their dialect is different than the one of indian tamilians,so their tamil is better understood by malyalees,but they can still communicate well enough with each other.afghan people speak pashto and dari.pashto is also understood by a small amount of ethnic pashtuns who live throughout the sub continent.People from the Maldives speak the language of dhivehi.

7.Indians overall have many festivals that all people of usually a certain community celebrate regardless of religion,caste,etc.For example ,the people in kerela celebrate onam.Infact in alot of the state’s people from a specific region have their on festivities.

8.Physical features vary from area to area of South Asia.So there is no definite“south asian“look.

9.Sikh’s don’t cut their hair , that’s why most Sikh women have long hair and most Sikh men wear turbans. Although some do, like my uncle from my mom’s side and my mom herself and etc. Though socially it's more acceptable for a sikh woman to cut her hair then a sikh man. But a load of times sikh immigrants do have to sadly cut their hair and take off their turbans in order to get jobs and all.

10.-And Hindu’s don’t eat beef.Most Sikh’s and overall all Indians tend to avoid beef to.a lot of Hindus are vegetarians due to religious beliefs. Tho mallus and some people from the north east for example usualy do eat beef(mainly the non hindus)

11.-For characters specially from south india(that to mainly kerala and tamil Nadu) the naming tradition that is used most commonly is that the child and wife use the father’s name as their last name. Though I've noticed that outside of their states atleast they tend to use their family names, but very rarely caste names.

12.- Believe it or not, in a show( I'm not sure about the name) a pakistani character had the name“shiv reddy“.pissed me of sm.yes pakistani hindus exist but if I havent already mentioned before,CERTAIN LAST NAMES BELONG TO CERTAIN AREAS. Reddy is an indian telugu hindu last name.please do your research.

13.-This applies to a good amount of north indians and just overall non south indians.south india is not one state.madras was the OLD name for Chennai, which is just one CITY in one state of south india.There are 5 states,6(and more) languages spoken. Please do not confuse those cultures.

14.-As for a good amount of non punjabis...please.punjabis are not all “balle-balle“ sikh people.please. And they're not all angry people looking for a fight either.

15.-Talking abt north india,I need to mention bollywood and how they stereotype.bombay aka the film city is in Maharashtra.yet they still stereotype Maharashtrians as poor people.gujjus are always the rich snobbish ppl.bengali ppl are sweet shy people and nepali people are Chinese. Goans are always english speaking drunkards or high attitude aunties.rajasthanis all have a heavy accent and are royalty and Uttar pradeshis-biharis are poor illiterate people. PLEASE STOP WITH THIS STEREOTYPICAL BULLSHIT ISTG. See,stereotypes exist because they are true, but only a part of the truth and over exaggerated asf.

16.-India does have a poverty issue but we are far from a third world country.most indians are middle class,that to is split in between lower middle class,middle middle class and upper middle class.and until or unless you live in a rural area casteism really isn't a problem.but remember,while casteism is illegal in indian law,it still affects people.it’s just a little less prevelant in big cities. While india is the farthest ahead in south asia atleast the rest of the countries are doing well for themselves as well.

17.-hindu culture specifically has so much lgbtqia+ stuff in it.but the fucking brit’s and Mughals ruined it. The only transgender festival of Asia is held in tamil nadu.seriously, I advise you do research of your own on it and you'll love it to!♥️

18.-Btw, hindi is a language,hindu religion. (had to add this again)Your character prolly from some place like madhya pradesh,bihar,Uttar pradesh,Delhi,uttarakhand or himachal pradesh if they are hindi speaking. Some people have the same confusion with malayalam. Malayalam is a language, malyalee’s are the people who speak it or at from kerala.

19.-talking about food.curry is a wide ass term.wdym by curry?fish curry,mutton curry or is it paneer curry?is it more creamy or not?do you eat it by itself,with rice,a paratha/parotta or all?like seriously stop with “curry“ ITS ANNOYINGGG.again food varries alot area by area.even in a specific area food varries. For example,Kerala-Tamil nadu sambar is damn spicy but sambar from karnataka and telugu states tends to be sweeter.also food from Karnataka is much milder in spice then food from Andhra,but still capable of burning the mouths of most non south asians 😍😘🥰.also,we tend to eat most of our food with hands(THE best way.)famous delicacies vary from country to country in south asia and area to area of india btw. And our food is not ’smelly’, it's FRAGRANT.

20.ok so ive in total had 2 specific segments dedicated to language and this is the third one.India,while having only 22 offical languages(again;i remind you,we do not have a national language)actually has like thousands of languages. Native people from even just one state can have different mother tongues(for example-three people who were born and raised in karnataka and have families that are native to the state could have the languages of kannada,tulu and kodava as their mother tongues).And again,dialects also differ.For example,Bombay hindi and the hindi of a person from Uttarakhand would be different, and so would Bangalore tamil and a Madurai native’s tamil.Also,let’s say a telugu person has been living in mumbai for a while,very rarely will they ever have an ’accent’ while speaking hindi or english.

21.so above i mentioned that alot of people from the north have had ancestors move in from pakistan during the partition(and vice versa for some Pakistani's).Similarly,a good amount of people from west bengal had their ancestors move in from bangladesh(and vice versa again,but unlike the north india-pakistan thing indian bong’s and bangladeshi people don’t exactly have that ’divide’).Adding this in specifically not only because of how important this is but it can give more depth to your characters if they are from any of these areas.

22.Every state has different art forms.be it dance,music or just art,every state has it different.India has 8 classical dances(bharatanatyam,kuchipudi, mohiniyattam,kathakali,oddisi,kathak, manipuri and sattriya) and has countless many more.Music also varies and so does art as i said above.

23.our culture is super feminist but fucked by the brits and mughals again. We had so many queens and princesses that fought wars and also many female warriors.In the ancient times women only wore single drape saris and didn’t cover their breasts because they were not seen as sexual,but infact as a sign of motherhood(and there forth strength).If they were covered,it was for support.

24.Most people know atleast 3+ languages and almost everyone knows 2 at the very least. Sometimes they can even understand(which can range from basic to great) some other languages. For eg.- my dad can speak english,hindi,telugu,konkani,tulu,punjabi,urdu and multani+ he can understand malayalam,kannada,sindhi and tamil well enough.

That's it(for now):) hope this can help.feel free to ask questions!+random songs from my playlist✨✨✨

(ps,check this post of mine out cause y not lol)

[askthehoenngods]

"That is very unexpected... I... okay. My dialect is probably going to be a bit strange to your ears, so a translator would be appreciated if one is out there, but here goes.."

"நான் கியூரம். நீங்கள் என்னை நன்றாக புரிந்து கொள்ள முடியுமா?"

("I am Kyurem. Can you understand me alright?")

- Seems as though Kyurem's dialect is off. If anyone out there can speak Tamil and wishes to help him, please contact Skins! -

(Note: This is a PAID translation job, and as such, you will need to provide proof that you can speak/write Tamil via a Discord / Skype call. )

[abihastastybeans]

HELLO

5, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 29 from here

(i just realised that that's a lot so feel free to skip some/answer selectively if you want to do that!)

CAL HIIIII!!!!

(are you kidding ofcourse I'm gonna answer all of that, let's make a game out of it and see how long it takes me)(it's 15:05 when I started answering)

5. Favourite song in your native language

Can't think of one rn😭 The first one that came to mind is Venmadhi Venmadhi from Minnale because some guy was playing that on the bus yesterday. I think it's a lovely song, especially the third verse :)

10. Most enjoyable swear word in your native language

I don't really swear in Tamil😂 I only use words like stupid/wastrel/dog/buffalo... y'know the most common ones lol

But, again, the first swear word that came to mind is *looks around to make sure no one's listening* "watha" - which is basically the Tamil equivalent of fuck - because one of my friends called another friend that this morning lmao

13. Does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions ot traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

Well there's so many but i generally think that doing rituals/ chanting slokas or vedas must be very strange to outsiders who aren't really used to that! Imagine being a white christian and you encounter a yagna happening with a giant fire, lots of huge shirtless men saying very weird words in their blaring voice, adding all kinds of different things into the fire, while surrounding people watched on... I'd be terrified 😂💀

15. A saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

SO BEAUTIFUL. SO ELEGANT. JUST LOOKING LIKE A WOW.

18. Do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

Gosh I speak so many dialects - depending on who I'm talking with. There's what I consider the normal one, there's the one mixed with random English sentences😂, there's the local chennai dialect for when I'm dealing with/in public or local vendors💀, there's the tambrahm (wow it feels weird to say it like that) dialect because that's what I was raised on in mum's side of the family

19. Do you like your country's flag and/or emblem? What about the national anthem?

I've honestly never thought about this before...

Flag - 🇮🇳 It's a good one, I like what it stands for. But no one would forget the struggle it would take when you were 6 years old and were asked to draw the national flag and you wouldn't remember how many spokes are there in the ashoka chakra😭 or even if you remembered, you wouldn't know how to divide them evenly throughout the circle... So much stress. 7/10

Emblem - it's a bit complex if you ask me but eh. It looks cool i guess. I like the phrase 'satyameva jayathe' ("truth alone triumphs" in Sanskrit) so there's that :p 5/10

National Anthem - I love it!! I like the picture it paints, listing out all those places! Only criticism is that it was very difficult for younger abi to sing the beginning because it was so very low and i struggled for a long time😅 9/10

21. If you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

Aloo mutter gravy and methi roti👍

29. Does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

I was thinking really hard...before i realised🤭

MYSURU. WHY do you do that to your sambar??? It's nice, I'd be lying if I said it's bad, but how?????? How did you come to the decision "oh you know what. I'm gonna make this taste sweet. Yeah."??

We went to Mysore one time and had some sambar and do you know what happened, cal? My cousin threw up, that's what happened.

(it was because of the long uphill travel but the sambar definitely contributed :p)

What you lack in sambar, you make up for it with Udupi rasam so. I forgive you😤

(now the time is 15:55)

"Hi, I'm not from the US" ask set

[rabbitcruiser]

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[sivavakkiyar]

Korean is a dialect of Senegalese, which is a dialect of Tamil, which is a dialect of Polish. In Kumari Kandam we offered pierogies to lord Muruga, which is why Socrates speaks so highly of us in the Timaeus (he sadly was a Greek and the anti-Dionysus, so tbh who cares)

Hermes Trismegistus reincarnated as Harvey Pekar who in the afterlife spends all his time watching Vijay movies. These are essential truths and a political project not grounded in them is destined for failure

[nonameidentified]

about that "I'm not from the us" ask set

or whatever it was written there

all

every

most is a very interesting question and I need answers because knowledge = fun

Ahhh... This is going to be long...

1. favourite place in your country?

India is a big country, okay, I haven't been to many places, but I liked kerala when I went there one time.

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

In my country, in my state, in my house. I don't like traveling.

3. does your country have access to sea?

Yeah :)

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

Creul. How dare you make me choose?

5. favourite song in your native language?

Ohhh,,,, this is hard. I don't know many songs like at all

ஆனந்த யாழை (aanandha yaazhai)

சின்ன சின்ன ஆசை (chinna chinna aasai)

உனக்கு என்ன வேணும் சொல்லு (unakku enna venum sollu)

Are they all very popular songs? Yes, as I said I don't know many songs. (How hell did I become an instrumentalist!?)

6. most hated song in your native language?

I don't think I hate any songs, like in general..

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

Who has favorite words?! I like them all.

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

I am, unfortunately pale as fuck, so some people think I'm white (oh the horrors) and other times they think I'm from andhra side, because again pale as hell lol

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

We somehow have some level of beef with most of our neighbours,.,. Probably sri lanka, I know a decent amount about it because shared history, and it would be the easiest to travel to

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

No "swear words" because language is old and we have forgotten most of them :(

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Kalki Krishnamurthy, is this a basic answer? Yes. But, I am not a book person, okay, books are scary and I haven't read many in my lifetime. I'm going based on what my mom said lol.

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

No particular feelings about it :/

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

Oh, so many, but like most young people don't follow it that much. It's just something old people nag about.

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

I don't watch many movies or TV shows in general, so I don't have any strong feelings towards it.

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

Again, big country, varied languages. But let me think of something I can actually translate...

We call people who don't think before they speak cashew nuts (முந்திரிக்கொட்ட (Mundhiri Kotta)) because of how the the cashew nut protrudes out of the cashew fruit.

I chose a random one, there are many more, Tamil is a language built on metaphors lol

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

Most hated: THE GOD DAMN INDIAN ACCENT. Like 1) it originates from the welsh accent 2)it mostly comes from north Indian diasporas 3) NORTH INDIANS ALSO DON'T HAVE THAT ACCENT.

THERE ARE 22 DIFFERENT OFFICIAL LANGUAGES AND HUNDREDS OF UNOFFICIAL ONES, HOW THE HELL IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE AN ALL ENCOMPASSING "INDIAN ACCENT"

Also, a million others, but we don't have time for that.

Agree with: we like our spices yes :}

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

YES YES YES. 100% YES. I am a history nerd about it. I have so much history trivia. Pls someone ask me about it.

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

I don't know, there are dialects I think, but I don't know much about them or even which one I speak lol.

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

It's alright, I don't have strong feelings about it .

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

Cricket. Enough said.

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

Ahhh, I don't know. Our food, maybe? Astronauts need food, right?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

People. For both. I will not elaborate ^-^

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

I don't drink alcohol. So, I don't know. Where I live, it's also kinda taboo to drink alcohol :(

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

Brits and Americans, again enough said

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

No, I like it here.

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

Don't really care.

27. favourite national celebrity?

I don't know any pop culture, national or international. So, can't say :/

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

Yeah all three and lots of them, we are big as I said before. We are supposed have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

None that I know of

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

Nope ^-^

[saintmaudes]

Arwi dates to the 8th Century CE when travel and trade in the medieval world sparked a curious intermingling of tongues. It leapt to prominence in the 17th Century, when more Muslim Arab traders landed in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which was full of Tamil speaking people. The traders brought with them rich tapestries and the finest textiles and perfumes like frankincense and myrrh–records say they longed to establish a deeper connection with the local people because they felt connected by a common religion but spoke two different languages.

The Arabic that the traders spoke intermingled with the local language of Tamil to create what scholars call Arabu Tamil, or Arwi. The script employs a modified alphabet of Arabic, but the actual words and their meanings are borrowed from the local Tamil dialect.

—Kamala Thiagarajan, Arwi: The lost language of the Arab-Tamils, BBC Travel

[inaaontheskyways]

Lemme show y'all the Crowning achievement of my Spiralverse HCs, which is this of every world's numerous dialects, made purely so that I can know which OC speaks what!

(Sidenote: as per usual, worlds that're completely original are in purple, worlds that're simply reimaginings are in pink, and worlds that I simply renamed are in green!)

Lemuria: Lemurian, Eldritchic

Heroica: Heroic (transatlantic accent)

Empyrea: Gachachen (Armenian), Alphoili ena (Georgian), Kalamari (Azerbaijani)

Grizzleheim: Bjørnsk (Danish), Ulvsk (Norwegian), Korpska (Swedish), Villisvínka (Icelandic)

Darkmoor: Vampyruiu kalba (Lithuanian), Huntsi keel (Estonian), Notekšu valoda (Latvian)

Polaris:

Morçais (French), Manchotasque (Monégasque)

Nesti yazyk (Russian), Mors’kyy levska (Ukrainian)

Tülkizaq (Kazakh), Tyulencha (Uzbek)

Moosekha (Yakut)

Gamassa:

Chessova- Obsidiūm, Ivornish, Garnissi

Suitsia- Heartesh, Spadettic, Clubivian, Diamantine

Tilasia- Dicenese, Dominocco

Tarotte- Swordinic, Pentaclese, Chalusian, Wandirine

Karamelle: Mausch (German), Mollands (Dutch)

Avalon: Arthraeg (Welsh), Sionhlig (Scottish Gaelic), Broclge (Irish Gaelic), Weasewek (Cornish)

Marleybone: Marlish (English), Sions (Ulster Scots), Loscannge (Irish)

Monquista: Tiellano (Spain Spanish), Cálidês (Portuguese), Verdalan (Catalan)

Coloratura: Purpurīm, Caerulic, Viridian, Flavish, Aurantesse, Rubinese

Dragonspyre: Ogŭnski (Bulgarian), Kriloski (Serbian)

Vitalia: Janeize (Genovese), Altoscan (Tuscan), Trinitalian (Sicilian), Purapoletano (Neapolitan)

Aquila: Aetóniká (Greek), Vulturīm (Latin), Trojan (Turkish)

Mirage:

Qhati (Levantine Arabic), Jamalījī (Gulf Arabic)

Rubâhsī (Fārsī), Mushrī (Darī)

Yılanili (Hittite), Faresiçe (Istanbul Turkish)

Babumerian (Sumerian), Sehê bejîdî (Kurdish), Ealiawi (Bedawi)

Krokotopia: Krokotopian (Ancient Egyptian), Hedjiin (Nubian), Manremənkhēmi (Coptic)

Zafaria:

Manwiza (Manyika), Mbidau (Ndau)

Sepiltwa (Setswana), Selaminko (Sesotho)

Indlodo (Mopondo), Imvumbu (Thembu)

KwaIbhubelu (KwaZulu-Natali Zulu), Intshaal (Transvaal Zulu)

Amakhanle (Ndebele), Óbhéjanele (Matabele)

Mooshu:

Guānyù (Mandarin)

Akago (Japanese)

Sanguk-eo (Korean)

Hüyyol (Mongolian)

Dbaas (Tibetan)

Qīng wá (Cantonese)

Vajong (Hmong)

Rajah:

Bāghala (Bengali)

Ṭālpiṉil (Tamil)

Mōrabi (Punjabi)

Kosūr (Kashmiri)

Sing-haya (Assamese)

Yago:

Tiếng Đồi (Vietnamese), Phéasa Veal (Khmer), Phéasa Rồng (dragon-riders)

Phasa Lm (Thai), Phasa Thidin (Laotian), Raybhasa (Burmese), Phasa Kyaal (helephants)

Bahasa Bunga (Indonesian), Bahasa Pasir (Malay), Tagbato (Tagalog)

Wallaru: (to be updated)

Celestia: Vosa vaka-Keresi (Fijian), Reo Ma’o (Tahitian), Lea fakaika (Tongan), Te reo Kapua (Maori)

Skull Island:

‘Ōlelo Wai (Hawaiian), Gagana fa’a Afi (Samoan), Troggy, Cohuatl (Nahuatl)

Ratgin (Pidgin), Papiatubarão (Papiamento), Krabole (French Creole), Flamiwa (Jamaican Patois)

Cool Ranch: Coolish (Southern accent), Biuan (Siouan), Pollish (Mexican Spanish)

Aviarios: Avirican (Northern/Western AmE)

Coatlán: Cohuatl (Nahuatl), Ocemuri ra’ícha (Tarahumaran), Cochojío (Huarijío)

Khrysalis: Hivonic, Burronian, Sluggish

Others: Common tongue, Neviit (Hebrew), Kalines (Romani)

[userdramas]

Hello! I've decided to learn Tamil more and I wanted to know if you have any movie or drama recommendations in this language. thank you for your work

That's dope and best of luck on your learning journey!

For movie recs I have a list here compiled with some of my Tamil mutuals on here.

In addition to that, some updated from then:

Sweet Kaaram Coffee (Tamil Web series)

Ayali (Tamil web series)

Jigarthanda (Tamil film)

Kadaisi Vivasayi (Tamil Film)

Thiruchitramabalam (Tamil film)

Maanadu (Tamil film)

Vikram Vedha (tamil film)

Anbe Sivam (tamil film)

Chennai 60028 (tamil film)

Tamizh Padam 1/2 (for meta tamil film industry commentary)

Jagat (Malaysian Tamil)

Thanga Meenkal (Tamil film)

For language learning i also recommend following these instagram accounts! @/vaango_thamizhil_vilayaada and @/thetamilchannel

The Tamil in these instagram accounts is more Eelam Tamil and there will be some differences in vocabulary compared to the different Tamil Nadu dialects you will hear in the films.

-Gil

[gwendolynlerman]

Deutschribing Germany

Languages

Most languages native to Germany belong to the Germanic family, but some of them are Slavic languages. German is the official language, with over 95% of the country speaking Standard German or one of its dialects as their first language.

There are six recognized minority languages: Danish, Lower Sorbian, North Frisian, Romani, Saterland Frisian, and Upper Sorbian. The main immigrant languages spoken are Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Tamil, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

German (Deutsch)

German belongs to the West Germanic group of languages and is the native language of 95 million people. It is the official language in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, as well as South Tyrol in Italy, and is a recognized minority language in ten countries from four different continents.

German Standard German is the standardized variety of German spoken in Germany. Its pronunciation is similar to the German spoken in Hanover. Its alphabet has 30 letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ä ö ü ß. Most German vocabulary is of Germanic origin, but around one fifth was taken from French or Latin. German dialects and varieties are explained in detail in this post.

Romani (rromani ćhib)

Sinte Romani (sintitikes) is the variety of Romani spoken in Germany and neighboring countries. It belongs to the Northwestern Romani dialect group, which in turn is part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. It is spoken by around 195,000 people and is not mutually intelligible with other Romani varieties.

There is no standard pronunciation or grammar. The alphabet has 31 letters: a b c č čh d dž e f g h i j k kh l m n o p ph r s š t th u v x z ž.

Danish (dansk)

Danish is a North Germanic language with 6 million native speakers. It is the official language of Denmark and the Faroe Islands and a recognized minority language in Schleswig-Holstein and Greenland.

The Danish alphabet has 29 letters, including the 26 found in the English one and æ, ø, and å.

Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbšćina)

Upper Sorbian (Obersorbische Dialekte in the map) belongs to the West Slavic branch and is recognized as a minority language in Saxony, where its 13,000 native speakers live.

Its alphabet has 34 letters: a b c č ć d dź e ě f g h ch i j k ł l m n ń o ó p r ř s š t u w y z ž.

North Frisian (Nordfriisk)

North Frisian is part of the West Germanic branch and is spoken natively by 10,000 people in Schleswig-Holstein. It comprises 10 dialects, which are divided into two groups: insular and mainland.

Its phonology and orthography vary depending on the dialect, but there are 32 basic letters: a ä å b ch d dj đ/ð e f g h i j k l lj m n ng nj o ö p r s sch t tj u ü w.

Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbšćina)

Lower Sorbian (Niedersorbische Dialekte in the map of Sorbian dialects) is a West Slavic language spoken natively by 6,900 people in Brandenburg.

It uses the same letters as Upper Sorbian but adds ś and ź and uses ŕ instead of ř, bringing the total number of letters to 36.

Saterland Frisian (Seeltersk)

Saterland Frisian belongs to the West Germanic branch and is recognized as a minority language in Lower Saxony. It is spoken by 2,200 people and has three fully mutually intelligible dialects.

Its orthography has not been standardized yet, but there are 31 common letters: a ä b ch d e f g h i ie j k/kk ks kw l m n ng o oa ö p r s sch t u ü v w.

Here is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the native languages of Germany:

German: Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.

Romani: Sa e manušikane strukture bijandžona tromane thaj jekhutne ko digniteti thaj capipa. Von si baxtarde em barvale gndaja thaj godžaja thaj trubun jekh avereja te kherjakeren ko vodži pralipaja.

Danish: Alle mennesker er født frie og lige i værdighed og rettigheder. De er udstyret med fornuft og samvittighed, og de bør handle mod hverandre i en broderskabets ånd.

Upper Sorbian: Wšitcy čłowjekojo su wot naroda swobodni a su jenacy po dostojnosći a prawach. Woni su z rozumom a swědomjom wobdarjeni a maja mjezsobu w duchu bratrowstwa wobchadźeć.

North Frisian: Ali Mensken sen frii, likwērtig en me disalev Rochten bēren. Ja haa Forstant en Giweeten mefingen en skul arküđer üs Bröđern öntöögentreer. (Sylt/Sölring dialect)

Lower Sorbian: Wšykne luźe su lichotne roźone a jadnake po dostojnosći a pšawach. Woni maju rozym a wědobnosć a maju ze sobu w duchu bratšojstwa wobchadaś.

Saterland Frisian: Aal do Moanskene sunt fräi un gliek in Wöide un Gjuchte gebooren. Joo hääbe Fernunft un Gewieten meekriegen un schällen sik eenuur as Bruure ferhoolde. (Ramsloh dialect)

Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.