Evolutionary Linguistics as I have developed is an Hermeneutic Science (HS) and which is NOT anything like the statistically motivated positive science. For that reason it is NOT speculative - it is TRUTH oriented and this is how the Utti Science of Ancient India like the Linguistics of Tolkaappiyam was developed.
As said by Tolkaappiyar it is 'Mey NeRittu' : directed towards seeking TRUTHS. The battles between HS and the so-called hard sciences is going on even in the West, only in India the best sciences developed were basically HS.
Now unlike the Constructive Linguistics of protoforms sound shifts and so forth, Linguistics as HS is NOT speculative at all but seeks to UNDERSTAND and be CLEAR by seeking out TRUTHS in an OBJECTIVE manner. There must NOT be vain speculations, fanciful inventions and so forth.
The TRUTHS are there already in situ and what we have to do is to bring out these TRUTHS – facts, that remain concealed , articulate them and with that CLARIFY the understanding so that it is free of doubts and uncertainties ( aiyamun tiribum aRRa maaN aRivu)
Let me illustrate the point by discussing an example I have already given earlier.
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3. Sumerian: tur-ra-mu-de e-dub-ba-a-a am
( Since my very youth, I belonged to edubba)
( Since my very youth, I belonged to edubba)
The Tamil reconstruction would be :
Ta. tur-ra mutee il tubbaiya aa aam
( Since my very youth I attended the tablet house(school))
( Since my very youth I attended the tablet house(school))
துர்-அ முதே இல் துப்பைய ஆ ஆம்
We can also consider another such a sentence:
77. Sumerian:ses-gal a-a na-nam nin-gal ama na-nam
(The elder brother is indeed a father, the elder sister is indeed a mother!)
(The elder brother is indeed a father, the elder sister is indeed a mother!)
Tamil: cisukaL aiya nanam ningaL ammaa nanam
சிசுகள் அய்யா நனம் நின்கள் அம்மா நனம்
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You can see these sentences are almost immediately RECOGNIZABLE for a Tamil scholar as Tamil but certainly an Archaic Form of it and hence an Archaic Tamil. It is almost the same process at work when I read the Cagkam Tamil ‘ kaamam ceppaatu kaNdatu mozimoo!” .
There is recognizability of the language as Tamil but certainly an older form of it.
Dr Loganathan Krishnan @ Ullaganar
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