Kongu Tamil
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Kongu Tamil is a regional dialect of the Tamil language spoken predominantly in the Kongu Nadu region of western Tamil Nadu, India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kongu Tamil canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Tamil macrolanguage ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Coimbatore Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madurai Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Kongu Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kongu Bashai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kongu Tamil dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Kongu Tamizh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Middle Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Coimbatore Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erode Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct intonation patterns
ⓘ
distinct phonology compared to Standard Tamil ⓘ distinct vocabulary compared to Standard Tamil ⓘ influence from Kannada ⓘ influence from Telugu ⓘ influence from local Prakrit substrata ⓘ retention of some archaic Tamil words ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | non-standard variety of Tamil ⓘ |
| isNot | official standard of Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | Standard Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tamil language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
inhabitants of Coimbatore region
ⓘ
inhabitants of Dharmapuri region ⓘ inhabitants of Erode region ⓘ inhabitants of Karur region ⓘ inhabitants of Krishnagiri region ⓘ inhabitants of Namakkal region ⓘ inhabitants of Nilgiris region ⓘ inhabitants of Salem region ⓘ inhabitants of Tiruppur region ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Kongu Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Tamil dialect ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tamil ethnic group ⓘ |
| usedFor | regional identity expression ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs
ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ local media ⓘ regional cinema ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Tamil script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.