Why does Sri Lankan Tamil sound like Malayalam?
Cheral Tamils migrated during medieval era and mixed with preexisting Tamils. At the time the language of Kerala was mutually intelligible with other dialects of Tamil. In that sense Kanyakumari Tamil has lots of similarities to SL Tamil dialects (as do other southern TN dialects).
What called to Tamil natives of Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan Tamils.
Why is Malayalam similar to Tamil?
There are many similarities in both languages as speakers of both languages came from the same origin. Malayalam is more independent and closer to Sanskrit than the Tamil language. Both languages greatly resemble each other in their scripts. Both languages have similarities to an extent in sentence formation.
What is the mother tongue of Sri Lanka?
Sinhala
Tamil
Sri Lanka/Official languages
Sinhala is the mother tongue of Sri Lanka and boasts the largest collection of short stories in any language here. Tamil is more commonly spoken in the northern region but is used in its many dialects around the island.
Why did Tamils move to Sri Lanka?
Like the Portuguese and Dutch, the British colonial period saw the transportation and migration of Tamils to Sri Lanka, but on a much larger scale. Indian Tamils were brought to Sri Lanka as indentured labourers during the 19th and 20th centuries to work on coffee, tea and rubber plantations owned by the British.
Which is the oldest Tamil dialect in Sri Lanka and India?
The dialect used in Jaffna is the oldest and most archaic of Tamil dialects in Sri Lanka and India.
What is the Batticaloa Tamil dialect?
Batticaloa Tamil dialect is shared between Tamils, Moors, Veddhas and Portuguese Burghers in the eastern province. The Tamil dialect used by residents of the Trincomalee district has many similarities with the Jaffna Tamil dialect.
How is Sri Lankan Tamil different from other languages?
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in Tamil Nadu, and use many other words slightly differently. The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are less influenced by Sanskrit and the western languages, although there are western and Sanskrit loan words in day to day usage.
What are the different types of Tamil dialects?
It is broadly categorized into four sub groups: Jaffna Tamil, Batticaloa Tamil, up country Indian origin Tamils and Negombo Tamil dialects. These dialects are also used by ethnic groups other than Tamils such as Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan Moors and Veddas, who consider them to be distinct.