Is தமிழ் A Self Sufficient Language? #ancientlanguage

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]In 1816, he noticed that the roots of South Indian language Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam were fundamentally different from Sanskrit.

[00:00:09]He argued that Tamil was entirely self-sufficient. In other words, Tamil doesn't need Sanskrit to function. It has its own universe.

[00:00:19]If Ellis laid the foundation, Robert Caldwell built the fort. Bishop Robert Caldwell in 1856, he published a massive game-changing book, South Indian Family of Languages.

[00:00:31]This book literally defined our identity.

[00:00:34]He proved scientifically that Tamil is the foundation of this entire South Indian linguistic family.

[00:00:40]He famously stated that Tamil is the most highly cultivated and independent language. He debunked the myth that South Indian tongues were just corruption of Sanskrit.

[00:00:51]He also pointed out that Tamil literature dates back to a time when many European languages weren't even born yet.