About Tamil Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Tamil Language is spoken in India and is a part of the Dravidian language family. It is the official language of Tamil Nadu state, Srilanka, and even Singapore. There are a lot of speakers of Tamil in Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji, and South Africa. It was in 2004 when Tamil was declared as the official language in India. This language has an independent and distinctive nature. It is strongly inspired by ancient literature. More than 66 million people speak Tamil. Just like many other Dravidian languages, Tamil features a series of consonants. There are a lot of Tamil dialects but they are very much different from one another. They all have gone through different phonological changes. Some dialects are more similar to the Old Tamil while others resemble the modern Tamil. Most of them donтАЩt have any difference in vocabulary but there can be some exceptions at times.
About Odia (Oriya) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Odia language is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken by 50 million speakers as this language is recognized officially. The Indian constitution is using this language officially for its purposes. Odia is also the official language of Odisha (Oriya) which is a prominent Indian state. This language has several dialects but Mughalbandi (Coastal Odia) happens to be the standard dialect. It is also the official language for education in this state. Odia belongs to the eastern group of the Indo-Aryan family. It is derived from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit. You will be surprised to know that Odia shares a lot of similarities with Bengali. Even the first classic poetry started to shape up with this language. This language is heavily inspired by Dravidian languages. The lexicon is also associated with Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi.
