338eeb4e9f3268 Tamil language experts are still puzzled about the origins of the Tamil language. Even though it has been dated back to at least the 1st century CE, Tamil does not have an exact location where its roots are found. There are various theories about how Tamil came to be written, but they all agree that it is one of the Dravidian languages that split off from Proto-Dravidian around three millennia ago. The oldest known corpus of texts in Tamil is part one of "Mutur Aruluthe" by Nakki