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A characteristic of Tanglish or Tamil-English code-switching is the addition of Tamil affixes to English words. [12] The sound "u" is added at the end of an English noun to create a Tamil noun form, as in "sound u " and the words "girl-u heart-u black-u" in the lyrics of "Why This Kolaveri Di".
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are distinct from the Tamil dialects used in Tamil Nadu, India.They are used in Sri Lanka and in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.Linguistic borrowings from European colonizers such as the Portuguese, English and the Dutch have also contributed to a unique vocabulary that is distinct from the colloquial usage of Tamil in the Indian mainland.
Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.
Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. With the eponymous city's emergence into importance in British India (when the British recovered it from the French), and as the capital of Madras Presidency, the region's exposure to the western world increased, and a number of English words crept into the vocabulary: many such words were introduced by educated, middle-class Tamil ...
Malayalam is a relatively new language that has been modified from Tamil (with few sanskrit words). So, in fact there is NO NEED For a List of English words of Malayalam origin. All you need is a List of English words of Tamil origin and List of English words of Sanskrit origin Doctor Bruno 16:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages.The Tamil language, primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi.
As a result, the Malayan government set up a special committee to provide financial assistance to Tamil schools, appointed inspectors for Tamil schools and also started teachers' training. The number of Tamil schools had also increased tremendously. By 1938, there were 13 government, 511 estate and 23 mission Tamil primary schools in Malaya.
St. Mary's Tamil Maha Vidyalayam, Kegalle 1C 414 25 Kegalle Kegalle Undugoda Tamil Maha Vidyalayam, Undugoda 1C 152 18 Kegalle Dedigama Kahambiliyawala Maha Vidyalaya, Alawwa 1C 157 24 Kegalle Dedigama Lenagala Maha Vidyalaya, Weragala 1C 105 19 Kegalle Dedigama Senanayaka Maha Vidyalaya, Maha Pallegama 1C 534 29 Kegalle Galigamuwa