பக்கம் எண் :

226THE PRIMARY CLASSICAL LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD

undergone morphological change during the period of cultivation. The total destruction of Pre-Aryan Tamil literature also accounts to some extent, for the absence of some primitive forms in Tamil.

     e.g. nan, the oblique or inflexional base of nƒn, I, and aidu,          five, the earlier form of aindu, are preserved in Telugu.

     There are many words and grammatical forms being used in their earlier forms in Malayalam, which occupies a midway position between Tamil and the Dravidian languages, by reason of its being spoken in a region, which was the ancient Chera Nadu forming an integral part of the Tamil country upto 13th century A.D.
     

e.g. Grammatical Forms:
Finite Verbs : Past Present Future
(common to all persons,genders & both numbers) ceydu (ceyki‹Šu)ceyyunnu ceyyum
Subjunctive Mood : ƒyƒl  kuttiyƒl  
Oblique Base of
n…Œga˜, you;
niŒŒa˜  (niŒga˜)  
Words : p†‰(p†‰du, time), u˜ (u-du)