Tamil more difficult than Sanskrit (to get marks in School, of course)

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> My assessment still is that Tamil is relatively more difficult to learn

> compared to Sanskrit. This does not mean that I am against Tamil nor am

> I a Sanskrit fanatic! As individuals we do have the option not to

> accept another person's assessment. What is difficult for one may be

> easy for another!

> Nagu Satyan

 

My personal observation is all children in every culture seem to

start speaking a language at about the same age. 9-15 months.

So the logic would be that, if Tamil is more difficult than

other languages, the Tamil children must be blessed with better

brains to compensate for the extra difficulty. (Just a joke, please

do not infer that I am making any superiority claims :-)

 

The other question is why should a difficult language

survive in public use and the easier one die in public use.

Most would normally think that a difficult language needs

superior skills and training and so is limited to fewer

people only.

 

Only thing that every one will agree is that the Sanskrit

school teachers are programmed to give 100% marks if you

can say rama rammow raamaa, while the Tamil school

teachers will extract the perspiration out of you before

giving any decent marks. So everyone like me, preferred

to study Sanskrit in school and also found it

extremely easy (to get marks) as Mrs. Nagu Satyan says.

 

Best wishes to all.

 

adiyEn

 

K. Srinivasan