Region of Madurai Tamil
- Madurai
- Aruppukottai
- Virudunagar
- Melur
- Usilampatti
- Paramakudi
- Dindigul
- Theni
- Ramanathapuram
- Sivagangai
- Natham
The common dialect has made the term Madurai refer to a much larger area than it actually is. It is not uncommon for people from any of the above cities to introduce themselves as people of Madurai.
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Tamil language
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| History |
- Proto-Dravidian
- Old Tamil
- Middle Tamil
- Modern Tamil
- Manipravalam
- Cankam Tamil
- Early Cankam Tamil
- Late Cankam Tamil
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Indian dialects
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- Bangalore Tamil dialects
- Central Tamil dialect
- Kongu Tamil (Coimbatore Tamil)
- Madras Bashai
- Madurai Tamil
- Nellai Tamil
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Sri Lankan dialects
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- Negombo
- Batticaloa
- Jaffna
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Sociolects
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| Literature |
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Classics
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- Cankam literature
- Tamil books of Law
- The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature
- The Five Lesser Epics of Tamil Literature
- Ponniyin Celvan
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Devotional Literature
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- Tirumuṟai
- Tivviya Pirapantam
- Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai
- Tēmpāvaṉi
- Cīrappurānam
- Kampa Rāmāyaṉam
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Poetry
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- Kural
- Venpa
- Iraichchi
- Akam
- Puram
- Thinai
- Ullurai
- Ulā
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History
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Tamil and
other languages |
- Dravidian languages
- English
- Sinhala
- Indo-aryan languages
- Malay
- Korean
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| Scripts |
- Tamil-Brahmi
- Vattezhuttu
- Pallava grantha
- Modern script
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Lexis and
grammar |
- Tamil grammar
- Tamil honorifics
- Tamil numerals
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| Phonology |
- Tamil phonology
- Tamil onomatopoeia
- Tamil prosody
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| Transliteration |
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| Events |
- Standardisation of Tamil script
- Tanittamizh Iyakkam
- Simplified Tamil script
- Printing in Tamil language
- Tamil Sangams
- Talaiccankam
- Iṭaiccankam
- Kaṭaiccankam
- Ancient manuscript digitalisation
- Formation of CICT
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Dialects of Tamil language
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Modern
dialects |
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Community-specific
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- Brahmin Tamil
- Iyengar Tamil
- Saiva Pillai dialect
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Region-specific
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- Bangalore Tamil dialects
- Central Tamil dialect
- Kongu Tamil (Coimbatore Tamil)
- Madras Bashai
- Madurai Tamil
- Nellai Tamil
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