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• Middle_Tamil_language abstract "The evolution of Old Tamil into Middle Tamil, which is generally taken to have been completed by the 8th century, was characterised by a number of phonological and grammatical changes. In phonological terms, the most important shifts were the virtual disappearance of the aytam (ஃ), an old phoneme, the coalescence of the alveolar and dental nasals, and the transformation of the alveolar plosive into a rhotic. In grammar, the most important change was the emergence of the present tense. The present tense evolved out of the verb kil (கில்), meaning \"to be possible\" or \"to befall\". In Old Tamil, this verb was used as an aspect marker to indicate that an action was micro-durative, non-sustained or non-lasting, usually in combination with a time marker such as ṉ (ன்). In Middle Tamil, this usage evolved into a present tense marker – kiṉṟa (கின்ற) – which combined the old aspect and time markers.From the period of the Pallava dynasty onwards, a number of Sanskrit loan-words entered Tamil, particularly in relation to political, religious and philosophical concepts. Sanskrit also influenced Tamil grammar, in the increased use of cases and in declined nouns becoming adjuncts of verbs, and phonology. The forms of writing in Tamil have developed through years. The Tamil script also changed in the period of Middle Tamil. Tamil Brahmi and Vaṭṭeḻuttu, into which it evolved, were the main scripts used in Old Tamil inscriptions. From the 8th century onwards, however, the Pallavas began using a new script, derived from the Pallava Grantha script which was used to write Sanskrit, which eventually replaced Vaṭṭeḻuttu.Middle Tamil is attested in a large number of inscriptions, and in a significant body of secular and religious literature. These include the religious poems and songs of the Bhakthi poets, such as the Tēvāram verses on Shaivism and Nālāyira Tivya Pirapantam on Vaishnavism, and adaptations of religious legends such as the 12th century Tamil Ramayana composed by Kamban and the story of 63 shaivite devotees known as Periyapurāṇam. Iraiyaṉār Akapporuḷ, an early treatise on love poetics, and Naṉṉūl, a 12th-century grammar that became the standard grammar of literary Tamil, are also from the Middle Tamil period.There is a famous saying translating to \"He whose heart is not melted by Thiruvasagam cannot be melted by any vasagam(saying)\". The Thiruvasagam is composed by Manikkavasagar".
• Middle_Tamil_language languageFamily Dravidian_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language languageFamily Tamil–Kannada_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language thumbnail Tanjavur_Tamil_Inscription2.jpg?width=300.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageID "47105953".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageLength "4503".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageOutDegree "33".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageRevisionID "678524937".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Bhakti_movement.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ancient_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dravidian_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Dravidian_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Grammatical_aspect.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Grantha_alphabet.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Iraiyanar_Akapporul.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Kambar_(poet).
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Malayalam.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Manikkavacakar.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Naalayira_Divya_Prabhandham.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Nannūl.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Nayanars.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Old_Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Pallava_alphabet.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Pallava_dynasty.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Ramavataram.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Rhotic_consonant.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Sanskrit.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Shaivism.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Stop_consonant.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Tamil_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Tamil–Kannada_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Tevaram.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Tiruvacakam.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Vaishnavism.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink Vatteluttu_alphabet.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLink File:Tanjavur_Tamil_Inscription2.jpg.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Middle Tamil (Sen-Tamil)".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Middle Tamil language".
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Middle Tamil".
• Middle_Tamil_language ancestor Old_Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language era "Developed into Modern Tamil by the 17th century and Malayalam by the 14th century".
• Middle_Tamil_language fam Dravidian_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language fam Tamil_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language fam Tamil–Kannada_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language familycolor "Dravidian".
• Middle_Tamil_language glotto "none".
• Middle_Tamil_language isoexception "historical".
• Middle_Tamil_language name "Middle Tamil".
• Middle_Tamil_language script Pallava_alphabet.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cquote.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:IAST.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
• Middle_Tamil_language subject Category:Ancient_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language subject Category:Dravidian_languages.
• Middle_Tamil_language subject Category:Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Language.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Redirect.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Language.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Thing.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Q315.
• Middle_Tamil_language type Q34770.
• Middle_Tamil_language comment "The evolution of Old Tamil into Middle Tamil, which is generally taken to have been completed by the 8th century, was characterised by a number of phonological and grammatical changes. In phonological terms, the most important shifts were the virtual disappearance of the aytam (ஃ), an old phoneme, the coalescence of the alveolar and dental nasals, and the transformation of the alveolar plosive into a rhotic. In grammar, the most important change was the emergence of the present tense.".
• Middle_Tamil_language label "Middle Tamil language".
• Middle_Tamil_language sameAs Q20987434.
• Middle_Tamil_language sameAs Q20987434.
• Middle_Tamil_language wasDerivedFrom Middle_Tamil_language?oldid=678524937.
• Middle_Tamil_language depiction Tanjavur_Tamil_Inscription2.jpg.
• Middle_Tamil_language isPrimaryTopicOf Middle_Tamil_language.
• Middle_Tamil_language name "Middle Tamil".