Periyar and Tamil grammar

Periyar (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973) was a Dravidian social reformer and politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.

If I love Tamil, it is because I am aware of the advantages I expect through it and the measure of loss that will occur by the absence of it".

It is my opinion that the Tamil language is capable of contributing to the progress and freedom of the people in all fields, and will be conductive to a life of dignity and reason.

Even if all these qualities are not found, I am aware that Tamil has arts, customs, traditions, and an appropriate vocabulary, which can contribute to a greater advancement than most other languages in India.

With regards to a Dravidian alliance under a common umbrella language, Periyar stated that "a time will come for unity.

[6][7][8][9] However, Anita Diehl explains that Periyar made these remarks on Tamil because it had no respective feminine verbal forms.

In stone inscriptions of 400 or 500 years ago, many Tamil letters are found in other shapes.

Thus, the glory and excellence of a language and its script depend on how easily they can be understood or learned and on nothing else".