the “Indian” Tamil language of Sri Lanka
Tamil translation: இலங்கையின் இந்திய வம்சாவளித் தமிழர்கள்
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| 5 -1 | Different between Indian and Srilankan Tamil |
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| 5 -1 | இலங்கையின் இந்திய வம்சாவளித் தமிழர்கள் |
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peer agreement (net): -1| the “indian” tamil language of sri lanka Different between Indian and Srilankan Tamil Explanation: There are a lot of difference between Indian Tamil and Srilankan Tamil. Srilankan Tamil considered being pure Tamil. Many terms are not different from the Indian Tamil languages. For example, going out "வெளியே போகிறீர்களா” this is Indian Tamil, ”வெளிக்கிட்டாச்சா”? Srilankan Tamil. We shall speak directly, Indian Tamil ("நாம் நேராக பேசலாம்”, In Srilankan Tamil ”நாம் நேராய் கதைக்கலாம்”. Fragrance "மணம்” in Indian Tamil, ”நாற்றம்” is Srilankan Tamil. Srilankan Tamil version is the purest form of term fragrance. https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4% https://tamilandvedas.com/2014/10/15/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0 |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| the “indian” tamil language of sri lanka இலங்கையின் இந்திய வம்சாவளித் தமிழர்கள் Explanation: These Tamils live mainly in the hill country who were brought by the British as plantation workers. Ancient migrators cannot be identified because they have mixed with the local society. These Tamils are also called மலையகத் தமிழர்கள். -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2017-10-31 07:25:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There are many differences between Sri Lankan and Indian Tamil dialects. These up country Tamils speak as Indian Tamils speak. In Sri Lanka, we can see various other dialects too. However, almost the entire Tamil speaking community follows written standardised terms when they write. For example, I'm from Southern Sri Lanka. We speak a very different dialect, which is found in few villages only. But I use standardised terms when writing. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2017-10-31 17:26:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- What I have given is not a translation of the given phrase but it is an explanation of whom use it. We never call it an Indian Tamil language in Sri Lanka. Rather, we say it மலையகத் தமிழ் (up country Tamil). We cannot call it "Indian" Tamil language because it has some differences with present-day Indian Tamil dialects because it doesn't have much influences from north Indian languages or English. I have talked to many of them and I know many differences. So far, no significant research on their language exists, I think. In Sri Lanka, we have யாழ்ப்பாணத் தமிழ், வன்னித் தமிழ், மட்டக்களப்புத் தமிழ், மலையகத் தமிழ், சோனகத் தமிழ், தென்னிலங்கைத் தமிழ், நாடோடித் தமிழ் (a mixture of Tamil and Telugu spoken by gypsies) and etc. Some form of Indian Tamil dialects are mostly used by Up Country Tamils and Colombo Chettys. Although Saliya caste of Sinhalese people are originally Tamils brought by some merchants, they have mixed with Sinhalese people. They do not speak Tamil anymore. Apart from these, there are some other Tamil dialects, which have influences from Arabic, Memon, Malayalam and Malayan (or Javanese) languages. These are spoken by various communities. |
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