Tamil languages: Difference between revisions

Tamil
Tamil
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil; ; ; ;
Glottolog	tami1299

Latest revision as of 10:35, 29 December 2021

The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are:

Arwi is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.

Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages.

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+{{Short description|Dravidian language group}}
 {{Infobox language family
 | name = Tamil
 | region = [[South India]]
 | familycolor = Dravidian
-| fam2 = [[Dravidian languages#South Dravidian|Southern]]
+| fam2 = Southern
 | fam3 = Tamil–Kodagu
 | fam4 = Tamil–Malayalam
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 The '''Tamil languages''' are the group of [[Dravidian languages]] most closely related to [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. In addition to Tamil itself, they are:
-* [[Irula language|Irula]], [[Betta Kurumba language|Betta Kurumba]], [[Yerukala language|Yerukala]], [[Eravallan language|Eravallan]], [[Kanikkaran language|Kanikkaran]], [[Muthuvan language|Muthuvan]], [[Sholaga language|Sholaga]], [[Kaikadi language|Kaikadi]], [[Sankethi dialect|Sankethi]].
+* [[Irula language|Irula]], [[Betta Kurumba language|Betta Kurumba]], [[Yerukala language|Yerukala]], [[Eravallan language|Eravallan]], [[Kanikkaran language|Kanikkaran]], [[Muthuvan language|Muthuvan]], [[Sholaga language|Sholaga]], [[Kaikadi language|Kaikadi]], [[Sankethi dialect|Sankethi]], [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Eezhavam]]
 [[Arwi]] is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.