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Distribution of languages and religious groups of Sri Lanka on D.S. division and sector level according to the 1981 Census of Population and Housing
The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil or commonly in Tamil language Eelam Tamil (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamil dialects used in Sri Lanka by its native Tamil speakers that is distinct from the dialects of Tamil spoken in Tamil Nadu. It is broadly categorized into three sub groups: Jaffna Tamil, Batticaloa Tamil, and Negombo Tamil dialects. But there are a number of sub dialects within these broad regional dialects as well. These dialects are also used by ethnic groups other than Tamils and Muslims such as Sinhalese people, Portuguese Burghers and the indigenous Coastal Vedda people.
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The SriLankanTamildialects or Ceylon Tamil or commonly in Tamil language Eelam Tamil (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamildialects used...
SriLankanTamils (Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native...
The SriLankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
Tamil script. SriLankanTamildialects are distinct from the Tamildialects used in Tamil Nadu, India. They are used in SriLanka and in the Tamil diaspora...
Indian Tamildialect of SriLanka or Upcountry Tamildialect or Estate Tamil (ET) is a Tamildialect spoken by the descendants of indentured South Indian...
SriLankanTamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of SriLankanTamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger SriLankan and Tamil diaspora...
most archaic of Tamildialects in SriLanka and India. It is also very refined and considered to preserve many antique features of Old Tamil that predate...
notable Tamils of SriLanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from SriLanka are included...
specific features of vocabulary, it is classified with other SriLankanTamildialects as it is related to them by characteristic traits of its phonology...
SriLankan Vellalar (Tamil: இலங்கை வெள்ளாளர், lit. 'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in SriLanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent...
counterpart, the Tamil cinema of Kodambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as many SriLankanTamil actors work in SriLankan films or independent Tamil films overseas...
control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the 1990s–2000s during the SriLankan Civil War. Tamil Eelam, although encompassing the...
SriLankanTamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of SriLanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north...
SriLankanTamil literature or Ceylon Tamil literature refers to Tamil literature produced in the current day country of SriLanka by various Tamil speaking...
Sri Lanka (12.6% of the country's population). During the SriLankan Civil War, many Tamils emigrated; Hindu temples, built by the SriLankanTamil diaspora...
origins of the SriLankan Civil War lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority SriLankanTamils. The war has...
Lanka that represents the country's SriLankanTamil minority. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate Tamil nationalist parties and former militant...
and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by the SriLankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to...
Although SriLankanTamils are culturally and linguistically distinct, genetic studies indicate that they are closely related to other ethnic groups in...
Tamil settlement of SriLanka refers to the settlement of Tamils, or other Dravidian peoples, from Southern India to SriLanka. Due to SriLanka's close...
parts of Asia SriLankanTamils, Tamil people native to SriLankaTamil Malaysians, Tamil people of Indian origin settled to Malaysia Tamil diaspora, descendants...
[ʲeɾi] and [ʷoɾɯ]. This does not occur in SriLankandialects.[citation needed] Indian Colloquial Tamil also has nasalized vowels formed from word final...
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