If theDravidian hypothesis is correct, it might be possible to match wordsfrom the old form of Tamil, a Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu, with the Indus signs.

在俾路支，达罗毗语被称为布拉灰，如果关于达罗毗的假说成立，那么我们就可以将泰米尔那多地区一种古老形式的泰米尔语——达罗毗语的一支与古印度河文字进行匹配，进行破译。

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The sri lankan cabinet has abolished the tamil version of the country's national anthem saying it must be sung now only in the language of the sinhalese majority.

斯里兰卡内阁已取消了该国的泰米尔语版国歌，并且表示现在这首歌曲必须使用僧伽罗语来演唱。

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My view is that Singaporeans should be proficient both in the English language and their mother tongue, whether it is Chinese, Malay or Tamil.

我认为新加坡人应该通晓英文和母语——不论是华文、马来文或淡米尔文。

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Talaq, meaning divorce, was performed three times in the Tamil language, each time to packed houses.

CNN: Silenced Cries

The Tamil language film was shot in the forests that border the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka where Veerappan lived.

BBC: Indian film on life of bandit Veerappan to be released

As The Wall Street Journal is aware, my father, Reform Party founder Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, was sued numerous times for defamation, culminating in being bankrupted over a few words in an article published in the Workers' Party newspaper that he did not write and in a language (Tamil) whose written form he did not understand.

WSJ: Letters: Challenging Singapore's Defamation Laws