There are 2 types of languages: those whose natives assume if spoken slowly enough with enough repetition anyone should be able to understand, and those whose natives just give up and move to mime at the first hint they’re not getting through. Tamil, like English, is type 1.
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Usually it’s a language with an unforgotten history of at least regional transnational hegemony, which in the case of Tamil was about 1000 years ago
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The Cholas were regional hegemons for like 15 minutes in 1025 AD. Much bronze medal meme guy energy.
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great thing about Tamil is that every letter is pronounced exactly the same way every time in every context. there’s none of this confusion:
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Also the “here there where” words applies very intuitively and elegantly, more than english, which I’m always amazed to revisit
avan (him-there), angeh (there), athu, (that), appo (then!!) etc
Swap “ah” for “ee” and it becomes this, here, now, elegantly applies to all the words
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not super fluent, I understand it perfectly but speak like at a primary school level or something lol. Probably a month of immersion would cure it
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