Brahmin Tamil is the name for a series of closely-related Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities. The language has heavy Sanskrit vocabulary, unlike the mainstream Tamil spoken by the non-Brahmin Tamils. Brahmin Tamil was largely used by Brahmins who introduced Sanskrit words connected with religion and ritual into conventional non-religious usage.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:abstract
  • Brahmin Tamil is the name for a series of closely-related Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities. The language has heavy Sanskrit vocabulary, unlike the mainstream Tamil spoken by the non-Brahmin Tamils. Brahmin Tamil was largely used by Brahmins who introduced Sanskrit words connected with religion and ritual into conventional non-religious usage.
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Brahmin Tamil is the name for a series of closely-related Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities. The language has heavy Sanskrit vocabulary, unlike the mainstream Tamil spoken by the non-Brahmin Tamils. Brahmin Tamil was largely used by Brahmins who introduced Sanskrit words connected with religion and ritual into conventional non-religious usage.
rdfs:label
  • Brahmin Tamil
owl:sameAs
foaf:page
is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbpprop:langs of
is owl:sameAs of
is foaf:primaryTopic of