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Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) released the 4th measurement of the comparative etymological dictionary of Tamil and Indo-European languages and inaugurated an planetary seminar connected the aforesaid taxable astatine Victoria Public Hall successful Chennai.
The inaugural is portion of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation’s collaboration with Oxford University Press to bring retired a 12-volume comparative etymological dictionary of Tamil and Indo-European languages. The State authorities had sanctioned ₹8 crore for the project, successful which 20 experts, headed by Professor G. Arasenthiran, person been moving since 2022.
Etymologist Walter William Skeat had identified that Indo-European languages originated from 461 basal words. Of these, the task squad considers that 300 roots person connections with Tamil. To people these probe findings, the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation signed an MoU with Oxford University Press successful January 2025.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin released the wide instauration measurement and the archetypal measurement past year. He besides released the 2nd and 3rd volumes during the Chennai International Book Fair this year. The 4th measurement traces the humanities improvement of words successful Western Indo-European languages specified arsenic Latin, Greek, German, French, and English and successful Eastern Indo-European languages specified arsenic Sanskrit, Pali, and Sinhala deriving them from 19 Tamil basal words.
Following the publication release, seminars were held with the information of planetary linguists. Minister for Tamil Development M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P.K. Sekarbabu, and Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi were among those present. Claus Peter Zoller, Professor of South Asian Studies, University of Oslo, Norway, besides spoke.
