The Tamil of Madurai and the broader southern Tamil Nadu region. Carries a distinctive lexicon and intonation widely featured in Tamil cinema.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 9.93°, 78.12°
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Madurai Tamil vs Sri Lankan Tamil
Compare two dialects of Tamil side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Jaffna Tamil · Eelam Tamil
The Tamil of northern and eastern Sri Lanka. Often described as more conservative than Indian Tamil, retaining several features lost in the Chennai variety.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 9.66°, 80.02°
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DialectMadurai TamilThe Tamil of Madurai and the broader southern Tamil Nadu region. Carries a distinctive lexicon and intonation widely featured in Tamil cinema.DialectSri Lankan TamilThe Tamil of northern and eastern Sri Lanka. Often described as more conservative than Indian Tamil, retaining several features lost in the Chennai variety.CompareMadurai Tamil vs Standard TamilAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Tamil and the dialects within it.