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Kongu Tamil
கொங்கு தமிழ்
PronunciationKoṅku Tamil
Native toWest part of Tamil Nadu and some parts of Karnataka, Kerala
RegionKongu Nadu
EthnicityKongu Vellalar
Native speakers
(undated figure of ~20 million [citation needed])
Language family
Dravidian
  • Dravidian
    • Tamil–Kannada
      • Tamil–Kodagu
        • Tamil–Malayalam
          • Tamiloid languages
            • Tamil
              • Kongu Tamil
Writing system
Tamil script
Official status
Official language in
Kongu Tamil India (Tamil Nadu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Distribution of native Tamil speakers in India and Sri Lanka

Kongu Tamil or Kovai Tamil is the dialect of Tamil language that is spoken by the people in Kongu Nadu, which is the western region of Tamil Nadu. It is originally known as "Kangee"`[1] or "Kongalam"[2] or "Kongappechu or Kongu bashai or Coimbatore Tamil".

  1. ^ Silva, Severine (1963). Toponomy of Canara. p. 34. In the southern part of Mysore the Tamil language is at this day named the Kangee, from being best known to them as the language of the people of Kangiam
  2. ^ F. Poezold, William Simpson (1809). Tamil̲umaiṅakilēcumāyirukakir̲a akarāti. Oxford University.

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