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[livejournal.com profile] toraks, you might like this one: Some Words of Dravidian Origin.
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[identity profile] toraks.livejournal.com 2008-03-02 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)

Very cool! Thanks!

(yes, behind as usual, but very glad I saw it! Now to go read it thoroughly! It's even got the Tamil letters!)

[identity profile] toraks.livejournal.com 2008-03-02 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)

I'm very glad it's got the Tamil letters, because the transliterations are confusing.

I know some of the words in Tamil but not others. Very interesting!

I never thought about the fact that mango came from the Dravidian. Just made sense that it was called the same thing somehow. I suppose I assumed it was called that in all languages... ;-)

Oh, and my mom comes from Salem which is one of the cities famous for its mangoes in India! But I've only ever been there once towards the end of the main mango season. Apparently it's April/May. We always went for summer vacation after school ended. March/April's the hottest part of the year.

Sorry to ramble. But that page is cool. Thanks for thinking of me!
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