Is Sri Lankan Tamil pure Tamil?

As far as I know Sri Lankan Tamil is not pure at all. It has more number of sanskrit words compared to Indian Tamil. Sri Lankan Tamil is praised because good number of Tamils in Sri Lanka doesn’t like to mix English while conversing in Tamil. Even that is changing due to rapid urbanisation.

Why did Tamils go to Srilanka?

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.

How many Indian Tamils are there in Sri Lanka?

After a prolonged struggle, the Sri Lankan Parliament in 2003 unanimously passed Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act No.35 of 2003 which granted Sri Lankan citizenship to the remaining “Indian Tamils” in the central highlands, still numbering 168,141 at the time.

Who are ‘Indian Tamils’ and what is their connection with India?

PM Narendra Modi addressed a gathering of ‘Indian Tamils’ in Dickoya in Sri Lanka. Who are ‘Indian Tamils’ and what is their connection with India and Sri Lanka respectively? PM Narendra Modi made a stop at Dickoya in the central hills, home to many Tamil people of Indian origin, known as the ‘Indian Tamils’ by the Lankan state.

Is Sri Lankan Tamil similar to Sanskrit?

Sri Lankan Tamil dialects retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in India, 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.

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.