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Colloquial Tamil

Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken Tamil. While emphasis is placed on colloquial spoken Tamil, you are given a useful introduction to formal speech and the written language as well. What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning? Emphasis on authentic conversational language Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil) Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Tamil in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

A Grammar of Modern and Classical Tamil

Traditional Indian Ship Building

The Book IsAn Outcome Of Eight Long Years Of Fieldwork Carried Out Under The Support Of Csir, Government Of India. As The Tradition Of Ship Building Is Vanishing Fastly, The ExistingOral Tradition Has Been Brought In Records. The Historical Accounts On The EvolutionarySignificance Of The Different Ship Building Technologies Form Different States And Communities, The Literary Evidences From 3Rd Century B.C And Dealing With The Different Kinds Of Traditional Sea Going Vessels, Their Merits And Demerits, The RawMaterials And The Different Techniques Practiced From The Primitive To Advanced StageHave Been Given. The Volume Also Includes The Existing Tradition Of Ship Building AmongThe Tribes Of Andaman And Nicobar Islands And Deals In Different Chapters The Traditional Boat Building As Gleaned From The Archaeological Literary Resources: Trational Crafts Of India: Its Classification And Distribution; Raw Materials; Common BoatBuilding Stages; Building Techniques Of Traditional Crafts; Sails And Rigs; Parts Of Traditional Crafts Of India And Their Maintenance And Management. Along With An Elaborate Bibliography A Glossary Of Local Names In Different Coastal Languages AndTheir Equivalents In English In Also Given. Most Of The Information Belongs To Rare Sources. The Book Will Be Of Great Use To Historians, Archaeologists, Maritime Scien-Tists, Anthropologists, Ethnographers And Scholars Of Ancient Industries And SciencesForeward By Lotika Varadarajan, Historian, Traditional Knowledge Systems AndTechnologies