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{{Short description|20th-century Tamil linguistic-purity movement}} | |||
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'''Thani Tamil Iyakkam''' ({{lang-ta|தனித் தமிழ் இயக்கம்}}) ('''Pure''' or '''Independent Tamil Movement''') is a [[Linguistic purism|linguistic-purity]] movement in [[Tamil literature]] which attempts to avoid [[loanword]]s from [[Sanskrit]], English and other languages. The movement began in the writings of [[Maraimalai Adigal]], [[Paventhar Bharathidasan]], [[Devaneya Pavanar]], and [[Perunchithiranar (Tamil nationalist)|Pavalareru Perunchitthiranaar]], and was propagated in the ''Thenmozhi'' literary magazine founded by Pavalareru Perunchithiranar. [[Parithimar Kalaignar|V. G. Suryanarayana Sastri]] (popularly known as Parithimar Kalaignar), a professor, was a | '''Thani Tamil Iyakkam''' ({{lang-ta|தனித் தமிழ் இயக்கம்}}) ('''Pure''' or '''Independent Tamil Movement''') is a [[Linguistic purism|linguistic-purity]] movement in [[Tamil literature]] which attempts to avoid [[loanword]]s from [[Sanskrit]], English and other languages. The movement began in the writings of [[Maraimalai Adigal]], [[Paventhar Bharathidasan]], [[Devaneya Pavanar]], and [[Perunchithiranar (Tamil nationalist)|Pavalareru Perunchitthiranaar]], and was propagated in the ''Thenmozhi'' literary magazine founded by Pavalareru Perunchithiranar. [[Parithimar Kalaignar|V. G. Suryanarayana Sastri]] (popularly known as Parithimar Kalaignar), a professor, was a 19th-century figure in the movement; in 1902 he demanded classical-language status for [[Tamil language|Tamil]], which it received in 2004. | ||
== Movement== | == Movement== | ||
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In the elections that year, Congress was replaced by the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government under [[C N Annadurai]]. | In the elections that year, Congress was replaced by the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government under [[C N Annadurai]]. | ||
The Tamil purism movement successfully lobbied for Tamil to be declared a "classical language" (<sup>v</sup>uya'''rth'''ani'''ch'''e'''m''' | The Tamil purism movement successfully lobbied for Tamil to be declared a "classical language" (<sup>v</sup>uya'''rth'''ani'''ch'''e'''m'''oli) of India in 2006, a status also accorded to Sanskrit in the Indian constitution. This gave rise to the Centre for the Study of Tamil as a Classical Language in Chennai, but it took another year to obtain official Tamil translations in Tamil Nadu courts. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||