Central Tamil dialect
The Central Tamil dialect or Thanjai Tamil 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] The Central Tamil dialect is considered to be 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] Other dialects of Tamil language has originated from Central Tamil dialect . It has to be noted that the great chola empire used Central Tamil dialect
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sanford B. Steever (1998). Dravidian Languages. Taylor & Francis. p. 101. ISBN 0415100232. ISBN 978-0-415-10023-6.
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