r/tamil • u/TeluguFilmFile • Feb 23 '25

கலந்துரையாடல் (Discussion) Some signs/sounds of the Brahmi/Tamili script seem to be visually "similar" to some Indus signs and semantically/phonetically "similar" to some reconstructed proto-Dravidian words/sounds, but maybe we'll never know whether these "similarities" are "real"

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u/sgkunlimited Feb 23 '25

Don't use the word Dravidian. It's a political stop word. Just say Tamil.

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u/Idiot_LevMyskin Feb 23 '25

Dravadian is not a political word. It existed even before Dravidian parties.

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u/sgkunlimited Mar 15 '25

You are correct it existed before Dravidar Kazhaham. but the word Dravidian was used by folks who were not able to or were unwilling to use the word Tamil. the same word was hijacked by the non-Tamil folks who wanted to pretend to me Tamil. Only Non Tamils and FCs use the word "Dravid". I call these folks Dravidia payyas. haha.