Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s1.t2.20
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s1.t2.20
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c22.s1.t2.20
The ratio of 47: 43 for IA: Dr. entitles us fully to characterize the language of the records under scrutiny as a hybridized form of language. The grammar of the inscriptions is, however, fully Tamil . . . This, as well as the distribution of lexical items, shows that the language of the records has rightly been characterized as hybrid Tamil. ²