Sankethi...
Sankethi refers to a group of people as well as a language. I am also one in that group.
Sankethi is one of those few languages in the world in which a group of people migrate to different place, and will not keep any relation with their native place which results in the independent evolution of the lanuguage. Some other examples are a group of distinct German in US, Tamil spoken by Fishermen in Srilanka.
Sankethis have their origin in Shenkkotah near Kanyakumari in Tamil nadu. 'Sankethi' is actually derived from 'Shenkkotah' !! Sankethis migrated from Shenkkotah during the period of VijayaNagar empire to Karnataka. The exact reason for the migration is not known, there are some stories about that.
Sankethi has evolved into a different language from Tamil. Tamil spoken in Kanyakumari is different from Tamil in Madurai or Trichy and it has Malayalam infulence on it. Hence Sankethi has same features as Malayalam. Sankethi has its roots in Tamil, hence about 75% of the language is Tamil, some Malayalam. During the course of evolution Sankethi has got many words from Kannada. But Sankethi could be hardly understood by a Kannadiga or Tamilian though both of them find familiar words.
Wikipedia has an entry about Sankethi language and people. It explains the language patterns.
Sankethi is one of those few languages in the world in which a group of people migrate to different place, and will not keep any relation with their native place which results in the independent evolution of the lanuguage. Some other examples are a group of distinct German in US, Tamil spoken by Fishermen in Srilanka.
Sankethis have their origin in Shenkkotah near Kanyakumari in Tamil nadu. 'Sankethi' is actually derived from 'Shenkkotah' !! Sankethis migrated from Shenkkotah during the period of VijayaNagar empire to Karnataka. The exact reason for the migration is not known, there are some stories about that.
Sankethi has evolved into a different language from Tamil. Tamil spoken in Kanyakumari is different from Tamil in Madurai or Trichy and it has Malayalam infulence on it. Hence Sankethi has same features as Malayalam. Sankethi has its roots in Tamil, hence about 75% of the language is Tamil, some Malayalam. During the course of evolution Sankethi has got many words from Kannada. But Sankethi could be hardly understood by a Kannadiga or Tamilian though both of them find familiar words.
Wikipedia has an entry about Sankethi language and people. It explains the language patterns.
posted by Vinay at
1:22 PM
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Dear VInay
For more details about sankethi's please read the below mentioned book,
Sanketi jananga, samskruti mattu bhashe- C.S.Ramachandarao (Published by Chaitra Pallavi Publishers, Mysore) my cousin's husband and also "Nacharamba VIjayam by VIdvan HV Narayana Shastry who happens to be my doddappa. His sankrit poetry is in I PUS Text book.
My personal Details:
K, Sathynarayana
Male, 56 years,
Jalahalli, Bangalore
99168 97492
Dear VInay
For more details about sankethi's please read the below mentioned book,
Sanketi jananga, samskruti mattu bhashe- C.S.Ramachandarao (Published by Chaitra Pallavi Publishers, Mysore) my cousin's husband and also "Nacharamba VIjayam by VIdvan HV Narayana Shastry who happens to be my doddappa. His sankrit poetry is in I PUS Text book.
My personal Details:
K, Sathynarayana
Male, 56 years,
Jalahalli, Bangalore
99168 97492
Dear VInay
For more details about sankethi's please read the below mentioned book,
Sanketi jananga, samskruti mattu bhashe- C.S.Ramachandarao (Published by Chaitra Pallavi Publishers, Mysore) my cousin's husband and also "Nacharamba VIjayam by VIdvan HV Narayana Shastry who happens to be my doddappa. His sankrit poetry is in I PUC Text book.
My personal Details:
K, Sathynarayana
Male, 56 years,
Jalahalli, Bangalore
99168 97492
I am a Malayali...
Just curous to know what all Malayalam words are there in Sankethi...?
put stone in mouth and speak Tamil it becomes Malaylam.Do not insult Sankethi,,it has origin to sanskrit.
and hello malyali what are the words in your dictionary.
-your brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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