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Dialect of Tamil
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 purest forms of spoken Tamil in Tamil Nadu and is considered to be the basis of standard spoken Tamil in the state.
[3]
[4] Of the different Tamil dialects, the Central Tamil dialect bears the closest affinity to
Brahmin Tamil .
[5]
References
^ Dravidian case system, Volume 1 . Annamalai University. 1976. p. 264.
^
"Language Variation in Tamil" . Archived from
the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010 .
^ B. P. Mahapatra, J. Suresh, India. Office of the Registrar General. Language Division (1987). Language socialisation of scheduled castes children in India: Tamil Nadu, a case study . Language Division, Office of the Registrar General, India. p. 18. {{
cite book }}
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^ Sanford B. Steever (1998). Dravidian Languages . Taylor & Francis. p. 101.
ISBN
0415100232 .
ISBN
978-0-415-10023-6 .
^ Balasubramaniam, K. M. (1934). South Indian Celebrities Vol 1 . Madras: Solden & Co. p. 84.
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