The next Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG) is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm and will be held online.
Parvathy Ramachandran (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) will present some "Curious similarities between Japanese and Tamil".
This presentation will shed some interesting ideas about the relatonship between Japanese and Tamil. Tamil is considered one of the oldest continually spoken languages in the world. It is an officially recognized language in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and in Singapore, other than India. Some researchers have suggested that there are a number of common words in Japanese and Tamil. Professor Tsutomu Kambe as well as Professor Susumu Ohno have claimed that there is a Japanese connection with Indian languages. This has been disputed by other linguists. Let us take a look at some similarities and discuss them.
What is the Multilingual Café?
The OLE SIG wants to provide a space to meet and share thoughts and knowledge on various languages and cultures using languages other than English, creating a community of practice. After a short presentation we will meet in breakout rooms (at about 7.45 pm) where the attendees discuss the presented topic in the second languages they know. (Lingua Franca: English and Japanese)
We meet online using zoom, please sign-up for receiving the zoom-credentials.
