First Lessons In Tamil: Or A Full Introduction To The Common Dialect Of That Language [Hardcover]

G. U. Pope

ISBN 10: 8121221927 / ISBN 13: 9788121221924

Published by Gyan Pod, 2021

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Language: English. About the book:- This little work has been written with a deep feeling of the vast importance of the acquisition by all who sojourn in the land of the language of the people among whom they dwell. Author has tired to state the facts of this noble language succinctly and clearly. The examples, with few exceptions, have been selected from books in universal use in the Tamil country. About the Author:-George Uglow Pope or G.U. Pope was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Thiruvasagam. He later took to teaching, running his own school in Ootacamund for while and then moving to head the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and after returning to England worked as a Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognises him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language. The Title 'First Lessons In Tamil: Or A Full Introduction To The Common Dialect Of That Language written/authored/edited by G. U. Pope', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121221924 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 324 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 324.

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• Title: First Lessons In Tamil: Or A Full Introduction To The Common Dialect Of That Language [Hardcover]
• Publisher: Gyan Pod
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8121221927
• ISBN 13: 9788121221924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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About the This little work has been written with a deep feeling of the vast importance of the acquisition by all who sojourn in the land of the language of the people among whom they dwell. Author has tired to state the facts of this noble language succinctly and clearly. The examples, with few exceptions, have been selected from books in universal use in the Tamil country. About the Uglow Pope or G.U. Pope was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Thiruvasagam. He later took to teaching, running his own school in Ootacamund for while and then moving to head the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and after returning to England worked as a Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognises him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language. The Title 'First Lessons In Or A Full Introduction To The Common Dialect Of That Language written/authored/edited by G. U. Pope', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121221924 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 324 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms