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Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') is the variety of the Tamil language spoken by native people in the city of Madras (currently known as Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is sometimes considered a pidgin, as its vocabulary is heavily influenced by Hindustani, Indian English, Telugu, Malayalam, and Burmese; it is not mutually intelligible with any of those except for Tamil, to a certain extent.

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  • Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') is the variety of the Tamil language spoken by native people in the city of Madras (currently known as Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is sometimes considered a pidgin, as its vocabulary is heavily influenced by Hindustani, Indian English, Telugu, Malayalam, and Burmese; it is not mutually intelligible with any of those except for Tamil, to a certain extent. Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. It grew in parallel with the growth of cosmopolitan Madras. After Madras Bashai became somewhat common in Madras, it became a source of satire for early Tamil films from the 1950s, in the form of puns and double entendres. Subsequent generations in Chennai identified with it and absorbed English constructs into the dialect, making it what it is today. (en)
  • Le tamoul de Madras, aussi appelé Madras bashai (tamoul : மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை), est un langage mixte parlé dans la ville de Madras en Inde. C'est un mélange informel de tamoul et d'anglais, avec des emprunts au telugu, au kannada, au malayalam, à l'hindi et à l'ourdou. Après que le Madras bashai fut devenu courant à Madras, il devint un objet de satire pour les premiers films de Kollywood (la production cinématographique de Madras) dans les années 1950, sous forme de jeux de mots. Les gérérations suivantes d'habitants de Madras se sont identifiés avec cette langue singulière, mélangeant dialecte et constructions anglaises pour en faire le parler d'aujourd'hui. (fr)
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  • Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') is the variety of the Tamil language spoken by native people in the city of Madras (currently known as Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is sometimes considered a pidgin, as its vocabulary is heavily influenced by Hindustani, Indian English, Telugu, Malayalam, and Burmese; it is not mutually intelligible with any of those except for Tamil, to a certain extent. (en)
  • Le tamoul de Madras, aussi appelé Madras bashai (tamoul : மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை), est un langage mixte parlé dans la ville de Madras en Inde. C'est un mélange informel de tamoul et d'anglais, avec des emprunts au telugu, au kannada, au malayalam, à l'hindi et à l'ourdou. (fr)
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  • Tamoul de Madras (fr)
  • Madras Bashai (en)
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