arunshanker
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I am starting a thread on Tamil dialects
I want to know if the Madras Tamil is influenced by the brahmin Tamil
what are your views
This is what wiki says "Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. When the city of Madras was founded in 1640 by the British East India Company, . . Gradually, with the emergence of Madras as an important city in the British Empire and as the capital of Madras Presidency, contact with the western world increased and a number of English words crept into the idiom. Many of these words were introduced by educated, middle class Tamil Brahmin migrants to the city who borrowed freely from English for their daily usage" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Bashai
I want to know if the Madras Tamil is influenced by the brahmin Tamil
what are your views
This is what wiki says "Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. When the city of Madras was founded in 1640 by the British East India Company, . . Gradually, with the emergence of Madras as an important city in the British Empire and as the capital of Madras Presidency, contact with the western world increased and a number of English words crept into the idiom. Many of these words were introduced by educated, middle class Tamil Brahmin migrants to the city who borrowed freely from English for their daily usage" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Bashai
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