A Tamil Hand-Book, or Full Introduction to the Common Dialect of That Language, on the Plan of Ollendorf and Arnold: For the Use of Foreigners ... (Tamil-English, and English-Tamil),

by George Uglow Pope

Excerpt from A Tamil Hand-Book, or Full Introduction to the Common Dialect of That Language, on the Plan of Ollendorf and Arnold: For the Use of Foreigners Learning Tamil, and of Tamulians Learning English; With Copious Vocabularies (Tamil-English, and English-Tamil), Appendices Containing Reading Lessons, Analyses of Letters, Deeds, Complaints, Official Documents

The Telugu is bounded north by the Uriya (beginning with the district of Ganjam), on the north-west by Marathi, on the south-west by Canarese, and _ou the South by Tamil. It differs from the Tamil more widely than do the other cognate dialects.

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434 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1986

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 Tiruvachagam. He was the head of the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore, and a lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognizes him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language.