Re: Substrate language which contributed sarSapa to Indo Aryan

From: cjyothibabu
Message: 71654
Date: 2013-12-12

Dear Ravi

We are discussing with someone who is not clear what exactly did Tolkappiyar said in the verse. His unreliable secondary (or tertiary) source does not make it explicit. In short he is talking about something he is not clear about. Then how can one make him understand?

 

How can you give a list of Tamil words to someone who is not familiar with Tamil Words?  He is quoting the index of Tolkappiyam from secondary (or tertiary) source to tell us that certain words do not exist in Tamil.
Still he wants you to provide him Tamil words which predate Tolkappiyam and begin with -- (I will not fill this -- for the time being).

 

I shall pity myself; this is really harassment.

 

-Jyothi