tamil
タミル語
解説 Definition
南インドを中心に話されるドラヴィダ語族の言語。スリランカやシンガポールでも公用語。
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka, with significant communities elsewhere. It has official status in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and Singapore and possesses a long, continuous literary tradition.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Tamil は南インドを中心に使われる言語名で、固有名詞として通常 Tamil と大文字にする。Tamil language、speak Tamil、Tamil literature のまとまりで覚え、言語だけでなく「タミル人」「タミルの」という用法もあると知っておく。Hindi とは別系統で、Dravidian language「ドラヴィダ語族の言語」に属する。
Place Tamil on a language map: it is a Dravidian language centered in southern India, especially Tamil Nadu, and is also widely used in Sri Lanka and Singapore. This distinguishes it from Hindi, which belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch. Learn common patterns such as “speak Tamil,” “Tamil literature,” and “the Tamil language.” Tamil can also refer to a Tamil person or function as an adjective, but the examples focus on the language. Because it is a language and cultural name, write Tamil with a capital T in normal English.
例文
Tamil is one of the oldest living languages in the world.
タミル語は世界で最も古い現存する言語の一つです。
Tamil is an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore as well as in India.
タミル語はインドだけでなく、スリランカやシンガポールでも公用語です。
She is learning Tamil to communicate with her husband's family in Chennai.
彼女はチェンナイにいる夫の家族と話すためにタミル語を学んでいます。
tamil の類義語・関連語
派生語
紛らわしい語
tamil の語源・成り立ち Etymology
タミル語の自称 tamiḻ に由来し、語源は諸説あるが「自分自身の・固有の」を意味する tam と関連するとされる。南インドの古代ドラヴィダ語族に属し、2000年以上の文学伝統を持つ。関連語：ドラヴィダ（Dravidian）。世界最古の現用言語の一つ。
English Tamil comes from the language’s own name, Tamiḻ. The deeper origin of that name is debated, so claims connecting it with a particular root should be treated cautiously. Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family and has an exceptionally old recorded literary tradition extending over two millennia. The English spelling represents the name without the distinctive sound written ḻ in scholarly transliteration.
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