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How To Learn Tamil?

How do I learn Tamil on my own?

  • Tamil is my mother tongue and (unfortunately) I was brought up outside Tamil Nadu. I am 25 and want to learn my mother tongue. Any tips on how do I begin ? Any websites/tutorials online ?

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    Movies and songs are one of the best ways to learn a language, especially when you can't read. I'd suggest to try understanding the lyrics of any Tamil song either by googling the translation or checking through other sources.  You can start with any catchy songs of ARR or Raja for that matter. A movie named Minnalae in Tamil was remade in Hindi as RHTDM starring Madhavan and since I have watched this movie already in Tamil and as a non Hindi speaker I found myself very comfortable while watching the same movie in Hindi and I was able to relate the scenes and hence picked up lot of new Hindi words to my vocabulary. Since your mother tongue is Tamil, I guess it will be more easier for you to learn by these means.

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I dont understand why 'on my own'. You said your mother tongue is tamil , So definitely your mother or father should know tamil , start talking to them only in Tamil ! I have seen a lot of people talking very nicely in tamil with out studying and writing it!

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From what you have said, I understand that you know how to speak Tamil but would like to learn to read/write. The best way to go about doing this is to read. The Hindu Tamil and Thanthi are a few good sites that you can begin. Print out a Tamil alphabet chart and read articles using that. This will help you familiarise with the script. Want more motivation? The Tamil script has the fewest number of letters of any South Asian language. (e.g. we have only one 'ka' while others have like ten different types, etc.)

Eric Edward

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