Negombo Tamil
E739875
Negombo Tamil is a distinct variety of Sri Lankan Tamil spoken primarily by the Tamil-speaking fishing communities around Negombo, noted for its unique phonological and grammatical features influenced by Sinhala.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan Tamil variety
ⓘ
Tamil language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Jaffna Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Sri Lankan Tamil dialects ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tamil-speaking fishing communities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Negombo Fisher Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Negombo Fishermen’s Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Sinhala-influenced morphology
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Sinhala-influenced syntax ⓘ contact-induced change ⓘ innovative case-marking patterns ⓘ lexical borrowing from Sinhala ⓘ reduction of some classical Tamil morphological distinctions ⓘ unique grammatical features ⓘ unique phonological features ⓘ |
| hasGrammar |
innovative tense–aspect marking
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simplified honorific system compared to other Tamil varieties ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
Sinhala-influenced consonant system
ⓘ
Sinhala-influenced vowel system ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageContactWith | Sinhala-speaking communities of Negombo ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sri Lankan Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Tamil Catholics of Negombo ⓘ |
| region | Negombo lagoon area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticStatus |
community vernacular
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non-standard variety ⓘ |
| spokenByReligion | Roman Catholic Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Negombo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Dravidian linguistics
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contact linguistics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| subfamily |
South Dravidian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil–Kannada languages ⓘ Tamil–Kodagu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil–Malayalam languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
shift to Sinhala
ⓘ
shift to standard Sri Lankan Tamil ⓘ |
| usedBy | fishing communities around Negombo ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
fishing-related activities
ⓘ
home and community interaction ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Tamil script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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