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Extended-Tamil script or Tamil-Grantha refers to a script used to write the Tamil language before the 20th century Tamil purist movement. [1] Tamil-Grantha is a mixed-script: a combination of the conservative-Tamil script that independently evolved from pre-Pallava script, combined with consonants imported from a later-stage evolved Grantha script (from Pallava-Grantha) to write non-Tamil ...
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Grantha is a Unicode block containing the ancient Grantha script characters of 6th to 19th century Tamil Nadu and Kerala for writing Sanskrit and Manipravalam. Grantha [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
The Tamil purist movement of the colonial era sought to purge the Grantha script from use and use the Tamil script exclusively. According to Kailasapathy, this was a part of Tamil nationalism and amounted to regional ethnic chauvinism.
Gunadharma or Gunadarma is claimed as the name of the architect of Borobudur, [1] the ninth-century Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia. References [ edit ]
The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. [5]
In Tamil and Malayalam, it is a dental nasal and the alveolar nasal has a separate letter (ṉ: see note below). ^ This letter is obsolete. See the Malayalam language article for further details. ^ In languages that contrast two rhotic consonants, this is generally [ɾ].
Sharma, Shriramana (2013-11-03), Naming the Tamil fractions and symbols based on the Tamil Lexicon: L2/13-216: Ganesan, Naga (2013-11-04), Feedback from Tamil Experts on Tamil Character Names and Annotations of Symbols and Fractions: L2/14-018: N4526: Sharma, Shriramana (2013-12-20), Spelling changes for Tamil fractions and symbols: L2/14-053