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Tamil Language
Tamil (தமிழ் tamiḻ; IPA: [t̪ɐmɨɻ]) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is...
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Madurai Tamil
Madurai Tamil is the dialect spoken in the city of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu, the area once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. It differs substantially from Nellai Tamil, a region which was also part of the Pandiya...
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Kongu Tamil
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Nellai Tamil
Nellai Tamil is one of the dialects of Tamil which is spoken in the districts of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi as well as over the vast area of south Tamil Nadu which was once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. It is distinct from Madurai Tamil, Kongu Tamil...
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Kumari Tamil
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Madras Tamil
Madras Tamil or Madras bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை), is a type of mixed language spoken in the city of Chennai, India (previously known as Madras). It is a loose polyglot blend of Tamil and English, with loanwords from Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam,...
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Brahmin Tamil
Brahmin Tamil or Braahmik is the name for a series of closely-related Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities.
The Brahmin dialect of Tamil evolved during the Sanskritization of South India. As a result, it has a heavy Sanskrit vocabulary...
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Hebbar Tamil
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Ceylon Tamil
The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil dialects form a group of Tamil dialects used in the modern country of Sri Lanka by Sri Lankan Tamils that is distinct from the dialects of modern Tamil Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of India.
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Jaffna Tamil
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Negombo Tamil
Negombo Tamil dialect or Negombo Fishermen’s Tamil is a Sri Lankan Tamil language dialect used by the fishers of Negombo, Sri Lanka. This is just one of the many dialects used by the remnant population of formerly Tamil speaking people of the...
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Batticaloa Tamil
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Malaya Tamil
Tamil Malaysian or Malaysian Tamil refer to the Malaysians of Tamil ethnic origin from India and Sri Lanka in Malaysia. They make up over 70% of the Indian Malaysian population group in Malaysia. Although bulk of the migration happened during the...
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Mandyam Tamil
Iyengar Tamil are dialects of Tamil language spoken mostly in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the adjoining areas in South India. Iyengars are followers of the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Sri Ramanujacharya.. The Sri Vaishnava Paribhashai uses...
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Sankethi
Sankethi is distinct from Kannada and is now an independent language according to Dravidian linguists such as Hampa Nagarajaiah. Many still call it a dialect of Kannada in keeping with tradition. It is to be noted that Sankethi can hardly be...
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Tigala
Thigalas also known as Thigalava or Thigalaru are an endogamous social group or caste of people native to southern Karnataka and border regions of Tamil Nadu.
Thigala refers to the "Vahni Kula Kshatriya",which means vannela kshatriyas which is the...
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Kasuva
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