Classical Tamil

E793032

historical language stage literary language register of Tamil

Classical Tamil is the ancient, highly formalized stage of the Tamil language used in early literary, religious, and poetic works across South India and Sri Lanka.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Classical Tamil canonical	1
Old Tamil	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical language stage ⓘ literary language ⓘ register of Tamil ⓘ
associatedWith	Bhakti movement literature ⓘ Ettuthokai NERFINISHED ⓘ Pattuppāṭṭu NERFINISHED ⓘ Sangam literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Tirukkural NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolkāppiyam NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central to Tamil literary canon ⓘ recognized as a classical language tradition of India ⓘ
hasFeature	diglossia with spoken Tamil varieties ⓘ distinct morphology from Modern Tamil ⓘ distinct phonology from Modern Tamil ⓘ distinct vocabulary from Modern Tamil ⓘ extensive use of literary imagery ⓘ highly formalized grammar ⓘ limited Sanskrit influence compared to later Tamil ⓘ strict poetic conventions ⓘ
hasGenre	akam poetry ⓘ devotional hymns ⓘ didactic verse ⓘ puram poetry ⓘ
influenced	Middle Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil cultural identity ⓘ Tamil poetics NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil religious traditions ⓘ
languageFamily	Dravidian ⓘ
linguisticRegister	high register ⓘ
partOf	Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	no longer used as a vernacular language ⓘ
subclassOf	Tamil language NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Sangam period NERFINISHED ⓘ early centuries BCE to early centuries CE ⓘ
usedBy	Tamil poets ⓘ Tamil religious communities ⓘ Tamil scholars ⓘ
usedIn	ancient Tamil literature ⓘ court poetry ⓘ devotional literature ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ poetic works ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem	Tamil script ⓘ Tamil-Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Classical Tamil
Description of subject: Classical Tamil is the ancient, highly formalized stage of the Tamil language used in early literary, religious, and poetic works across South India and Sri Lanka.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaveripattinam → languageOfLiterarySources → Classical Tamil ⓘ

Vattezhuthu → usedForLanguage → Classical Tamil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Tamil