Tamil
Tamil is documented on Dialect Atlas across 3 dialects, including Madurai Tamil, Sri Lankan Tamil, Standard Tamil.
Dialects of Tamil
- Madurai TamilThe Tamil of Madurai and the broader southern Tamil Nadu region. Carries a distinctive lexicon and intonation widely featured in Tamil cinema.
- Sri Lankan TamilJaffna Tamil · Eelam TamilThe Tamil of northern and eastern Sri Lanka. Often described as more conservative than Indian Tamil, retaining several features lost in the Chennai variety.
- Standard TamilChennai TamilThe Chennai-area variety of Tamil that forms the basis of the modern spoken standard. Tamil itself has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world.