Have Dravidians originated from Korea?

[Bharat Muslim]

Have Dravidians originated from Korea?

The Dravidian and Korean languages have many words in common.

 

[Dandpatta]

Common words? Like?

 

[Bitter Melon]

Indians were trading with SE Asia for a long time and hence there are many loan words common between Tamils and the SE Asian languages.

 

[SmilingBuddha]

 

[manlion]

CHENNAI:Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recalling the age-old cultural and business relations between South Korea and India in Seoul on Monday, Kyungsoo Kim, Consul General of South Korea in Chennai, revealed that his country indeed had a link with Tamil Nadu from the first Century AD., at a function held at Fort St George. Speaking at the inauguration of exhibition titled Museums of India and Korea, Kim said strong evidence to this connection lay in the common words used in Korean and Tamil languages even today.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cit...Link-is-Age-Old/2015/05/20/article2823109.ece

few more words

Nī/Ninga = Nega (네가) (you) ; Ssandai≒Ssa-un-da(To fight each other, 싸운다); Dalatu≒Dal-lae-da (comfort, 달래다); Pul betu≒Pul-be-da(Cut grass, 풀 베다); Eh-rh≒Oh-rh-da (To climb, 오르다); Ddulru≒Ddui-da (To run, 뛰다); Kuri≒Gh-ri-da(To draw, 그리다).

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

I come from Africa... Pull stop....!!!

 

[HeinzG]

I come from Africa... Pull stop....!!!

Don't make it an excuse for asking for separate homeland.

 

[navtrek]

Don't make it an excuse for asking for separate homeland.

nobody asks for separate homeland if they are treated as equals.

 

[manlion]

Tracing ties between Tamil Nadu and South Korea

Chennai: Organised by the Consulate General of Korea, International Institute of Tamil Studies and the InKo Centre, the conference on ‘Cultural exchange between India and Korea in antiquity’ brings together researchers and scholars, with an aim to trace and establish linguistic and cultural links between Tamil Nadu and South Korea.

Word bond

“Researchers have found 500 words which are similar in Korean and Tamil, with the same meaning and connotation. There have been instances of blacksmiths going from here to South Korea. There is the historical journey of Bodhidharma, the monk believed to be from South India who spread Buddhism to China and Korea. We aim to initiate a research project soon to examine the historic links between South India and South Korea, both the ancient trajectories and the contemporary manifestations of this inter-cultural exchange. Of particular interest will be the Buddhist links that existed between the Pandyan, Pallava and the Gaya kingdoms, the manner in which Buddhist scriptures, iconography, language and the introduction of iron and steel are credited as having been transferred from South India to South Korea,” she says.

Cultural similarities

The Korean drum dance is very similar to Thappaattam of Tamil. Scholar Kannan Narayanaa of Tamil Heritage Foundation, who has extensively been researching on the links between the two nations, says there is also a shared genetic connection. “According to popular legend, Heo Hwang-ok, a princess from the distant land of Ayuta, came by boat to Gaya, with her national symbol twin fish. She then married King Suro and became the first queen of the Gaya kingdom. Researchers thought that Ayuta is actually Ayodhya in India. But there has been mounting evidences to indicate that she was from Tamil Nadu, in particular Pandyan or Aai kingdom. Recent genetic studies by researchers Jeong-Sun SEO and Kim Jong-il on the remains of her tomb revealed genetic similarities between Indians and Koreans,” explains the scholar, adding that a lot more research needs to be done.

Similar words in Tamil and Korean

Kim drew a linguistic parallel between the two cultures. “‘Apahada’ in Korean and ‘Avadhippadu’ in Tamil share the meaning of ‘ to be painful, to suffer’. Similarly, ‘Omomo!’ in Korean is the same as ‘Amama!’ in Tamil, which signifies ‘astonished, stunned, flabbergasted, appalled, shocked, dumbfounded’. The Tamil word ‘thalattu’ is the same as Korean word ‘dalaeda’ because they refer to soothe, calm down, mollify, cajole, coax a person, especially a crying baby,” he revealed.

http://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/Cult...g-ties-between-Tamil-Nadu-and-South-Korea.vpf

 

[HeinzG]

nobody asks for separate homeland if they are treated as equals.

So any group of people can settle in some alien land and demand a separate governance. If not given, they can say we are not treated equals and then can demand a separate homeland.

 

[navtrek]

So any group of people can settle in some alien land and demand a separate governance. If not given, they can say we are not treated equals and then can demand a separate homeland.

yes if people are not treated as equals and are exploited then they can. Just look around you why do you think Pakistan was created because they felt they would be a minority among Hindus and wanted a separate homeland where they can empower themselves.

Dont take it too personally buddy i am not talking in the context of Tamils in Lankan but in a broader context. Everywhere people ask for separation only when they feel they are treated badly or as second rate citizens.

An Indian state Andhra Pradesh just got divided in to two because people on one part of the state felt they were a minority and the state was not doing much for them so demanded for a separate state and they got it. Now there are two states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Don't make it an excuse for asking for separate homeland.

In my country, I am free to do what I wish. But ok, I am treated better than ur minorities.

So any group of people can settle in some alien land and demand a separate governance. If not given, they can say we are not treated equals and then can demand a separate homeland.

Oh yes, With first history of Tamil kingdom of Lanka some 2300 years back, with Tamils living in Lanka for more than 2000 years, such at the lowest point, that one can swim to India and Lanka, Tamils are aliens...

Only bigots will give such an logic.

 

[maximuswarrior]

LOL OMG at this thread.

 

[HeinzG]

In my country, I am free to do what I wish. But ok, I am treated better than ur minorities.

Well also in Sri Lanka any one is able to do what they wish. What more people need be called treated equal?

Oh yes, With first history of Tamil kingdom of Lanka some 2300 years back, with Tamils living in Lanka for more than 2000 years, such at the lowest point, that one can swim to India and Lanka, Tamils are aliens...

Only bigots will give such an logic.

There are no tamil kingdom in Sri Lanka that dated to 2300 years. That is a false statement. Also it is not rational enough to claim Tamils has a separate kingdom in Sri Lanka just because Tamil lived just close by. There are no such evidence not even in Tamilnadu to support your claim. Do you want us to believe something that Cholas themselves did not believe?

Modern Tamils in Jaffna and Eastern Sri Lanka are alien population. They have been brought from Koramandal cost by Dutch for tobacco plantation. That's why they have not being assimilated into the Sinhalese society.

yes if people are not treated as equals and are exploited then they can. Just look around you why do you think Pakistan was created because they felt they would be a minority among Hindus and wanted a separate homeland where they can empower themselves.

Dont take it too personally buddy i am not talking in the context of Tamils in Lankan but in a broader context. Everywhere people ask for separation only when they feel they are treated badly or as second rate citizens.

An Indian state Andhra Pradesh just got divided in to two because people on one part of the state felt they were a minority and the state was not doing much for them so demanded for a separate state and they got it. Now there are two states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The issue is that these people who claims that they are not treated as equals had realized it only after the British left the country. It raise some serious concerns about their requests.

These Tamils are asking for something that is historical false. Sri Lanka cannot give what they want. And if that's what they called unequal treatment. Then I think they should be treated like that.

 

[navtrek]

The issue is that these people who claims that they are not treated as equals had realized it only after the British left the country. It raise some serious concerns about their requests.

These Tamils are asking for something that is historical false. Sri Lanka cannot give what they want. And if that's what they called unequal treatment. Then I think they should be treated like that.

Bro i am sure the Tamils do not want a separate country but autonomy. The separate country call only was because they became stronger but i think now after LTTE is gone.

Tamils will be more than happy with autonomy and may be a federal structure.