Is tamil derived from Sanskrit

[mahadevan]

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/LANGUAGE.HTM

Japanese was originally a language related to Tibetan or a language related to Tamil that was introduced into Japan during the great migrations of Southeast Asian peoples four or five thousand years ago. This language combined with, you guessed it, an Altaic and an Austronesian language to form the contemporary language.