Publisher's Synopsis
"Tamil is one of the most copious, refined and polished languages spoken by man." - W Taylor "Tamil its fulness and power, it more resembles English and German than any other living language." - Dr. Winslow Why to spend 100s of dollars when you can master a language just by spending less than 12 dollars? Be it introducing yourself to a stranger or in an interview, answering a telephone call and making enquiries to collect information, talking to a fellow traveller, bargaining in a shop, answering questions and so on - in all such situations this book will act as your able companion! By reading this book once, you can master not only spoken Tamil but also Tamil as a whole. This book can be prescribed as a text book for intermediate level to understand and speak Tamil well. This book will help you to learn Tamil in its spoken form so that you can travel in India wherever it is spoken like breeze and also mix with the local people to know their traditions and culture. The book is designed in such a way so that it is easy for those speaking English and non-Tamil to speak Tamil and to speak English for those who speak Tamil. More than 70 million people speak Tamil in the world. Tamil is an oldest language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and also by the Tamil Diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians. Tamil is an official language of two countries, Sri Lanka and Singapore. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. It is also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.
