Language Centre Resources - Tamil

Tamil

A South Dravidian language; spoken c. 50 million people in Tamil Nadu (official language since 1956); also the language of c. 4 million in northern Sri Lanka; Tamil speakers also scattered through South East Asia, Indonesia, Polynesia (Fiji), South Africa and Guyana. Broadly distinguished into Literary Tamil and Colloquial Tamil; Literary Tamil is further subdivided into Classical Tamil and Modern Standard Literary Tamil e.g. used in radio and TV.

CLASSIFICATION = Dravidian languages    SCRIPT = Tamil alphabet

Courses

Colloquial Tamil [multimedia] : the complete course for beginners	TAM CBEG 1(PACK)
An Intensive course in Tamil : dialogues, drills, exercises, vocabulary, grammar and word index	TA CB 1-48
An introduction to Colloquial Tamil	TA CA 1-7
Simple Tamil	TA CC 1-2

Grammar

A grammar of Modern Tamil	EZ 494.811 EK. 3
A handbook of the Tamil language	EZ 494.811 EK. 1
A handbook of the Tamil language : a compendious Tamil English dictionary	EZ 494.811 EK. 2
An introduction to Tamil script : reading and writing	EZ 494.811 EK. 4
A reference grammar of spoken Tamil	EZ 494.811 EK. 5

Dictionaries

Dictionary English-Tamil Tamil-English	EZ 494.811 EBR. 1
Tamil-English, English-Tamil dictionary & phrasebook	EZ 494.811 EBR. 2

Listening

Tamil listening

TA L 2

Reading

A Tamil prose reader

TAM RSKILLS 1

Films

Iruvar (the duo)	TA L 3(V)
Kandukondain, Kandukontain (I have found it)	TA L 1(V)

Reference

South Asian languages : a handbook

491 (Dewey section)