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  2. Tamil language - Wikipedia

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    Tamil (தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced ⓘ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry, and the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore.

  3. Brahmin Tamil - Wikipedia

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    The Ramanujan-Bright hypothesis which examined Brahmin Tamil in detail concluded - In general, the Brahmin dialect seems to show great innovation on the more conscious levels of linguistic change – those of borrowing and semantic extension—while the non-Brahmin dialect shows greater innovation in less conscious type of change—those involving phonemic and morphological replacements

  4. Madras Bashai - Wikipedia

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    Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') was the variety of the Tamil language spoken by native people in the city of Chennai (then known as Madras) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It was sometimes considered a pidgin, as its vocabulary was heavily influenced by Hindustani, Indian English ...

  5. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil or commonly in Tamil language Eelam Tamil ( Tamil : ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamil dialects used in Sri Lanka by its native Tamil speakers that is distinct from the dialects of Tamil spoken in Tamil Nadu. It is broadly categorized into three sub groups: Jaffna ...

  6. Category:Tamil dialects - Wikipedia

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    3 languages. Français ... Pages in category "Tamil dialects" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  7. Indian Tamil dialect of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Distribution of languages and religious groups of Sri Lanka on D.S. division and sector level according to the 1981 Census of Population and Housing, Indian Tamil dialect of Sri Lanka is primarily used in the central highlands of the country

  8. Central Tamil dialect - Wikipedia

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    The Central Tamil dialect is a dialect of Tamil spoken in the districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Karur , Namakkal and Tiruchirapalli in central Tamil Nadu, India and to some extent, in the neighbouring Cuddalore and Pudukkottai districts. [1] [2] Along with Madurai Tamil, the Central Tamil dialect is considered to be one of the ...

  9. Dravidian languages - Wikipedia

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    The largest group of the Dravidian languages is South Dravidian, with almost 150 million speakers. Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam make up around 98% of the speakers, with 75 million, 44 million and 37 million native speakers, respectively.