Chinese-Dragon
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Not only are they different languages, but belong to different language families. Hindi evolved from the Indo-Aryan languages, chiefly from prakrit (the vernacular of Sanskrit).
Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family, and evolved completely independently. Unless I am mistaken, it is the oldest language still spoken widely on the subcontinent. It is thousands of years older than hindi, if you consider pazham-tamil (old tamil) into account.
They belong to different superclasses altogether.
Thanks for the information. But I thought that all Indian languages were related to Sanskrit?
Hmm...Must be some kind of event going on.
BTW, i want to visit Tibet and Yunnan someday.
They are nice, also try Guilin and Zhangjiajie if you like natural scenery.