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  2. 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 ...

  3. Chennai - Wikipedia

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    Tamil is the language spoken by most of Chennai's population; ... Tamil is the most spoken language with 3,640,389 (78.3%) of speakers followed by Telugu ...

  4. Culture of Chennai - Wikipedia

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    Tamil is the city's first language. English is spoken widely in South Chennai and Central Chennai, (Kanchipuram and Chennai districts) and is used almost exclusively in business, education and other white collar professions.

  5. Tamil language - Wikipedia

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    The language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil is predominantly spoken in Tamil Nadu, India, and the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. It has significant speaking populations in Malaysia, Singapore, and among diaspora communities.

  6. Tamils - Wikipedia

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    e. The Tamils (/ ˈtæmɪlz, ˈtɑː -/ TAM-ilz, TAHM-), also known as the Tamilar, [ note 4 ] are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand ...

  7. International Institute of Tamil Studies - Wikipedia

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    Tamil. Website. www.ulakaththamizh.in. The International Institute of Tamil Studies (IITS) is a linguistic research institution based in Chennai, India. It was established with a view to promoting the cause of Tamil language.

  8. Ethnic groups in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Some of the smaller ethnic groups who reside in Tamil Nadu are the Tuluvas , Marwaris, Gujaratis, Sindhis, Punjabis and Biharis. Sikhs from the Punjab and Jains from Rajasthan are found in fairly appreciable numbers in the cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli. The city of Coimbatore has a significant ...

  9. Tamil culture - Wikipedia

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    Politics. Tamil portal. v. t. e. Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. The Tamils speak the Tamil language, one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history. Archaeological evidence from the Tamilakam region indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years.