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{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Kongu Tamil<br />
| nativename = கொங்கு தமிழ் ''{{transl|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}}''<br />
| pronunciation = Koṅku Tamiḻ<br />
| states = western [[Tamil Nadu]], parts of [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| speakers = 20000000<br />
| familycolor = Dravidian<br />
| fam2 = [[Southern Dravidian|Dravidian]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Tamil–Kannada languages|Tamil–Kannada]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Tamil–Kodagu languages|Tamil–Kodagu]]<br />
| fam5 = [[Tamil–Malayalam languages|Tamil–Malayalam]]<br />
| fam6 = [[Tamil languages]]<br />
| script = [[Tamil script]]<br />
| nation = {{IND}} ([[Tamil Nadu]])<br />
| map = Tamilspeakers.png<br />
| mapcaption = Distribution of native Tamil speakers in India and Sri Lanka<br />
| isoexception = dialect, accent<br />
| glotto = none<br />
| notice = Indic<br />
| ethnicity = [[Kongu Vellalar]]<br />
| region = [[Kongu Nadu]]<br />
| altname = <br />
| fam1 = Dravidian<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kongu Tamil''' or '''Kovai Tamil''' is the dialect of [[Tamil language]] that is spoken by the people in [[Kongu Nadu]], which is the western region of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is originally known as "Kangee"`<ref>{{cite book|quote=In the southern part of Mysore the Tamil language is at this day named the Kangee, from being best known to them as the language of the people of Kangiam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7c9AAAAMAAJ&q=kangiam+mysore|title=Toponomy of Canara|page=34|first=Severine|last=Silva|year = 1963}}</ref> or "Kongalam"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlYIAAAAQAAJ&q=congoo+country&pg=PT69|title=Tamil̲umaiṅakilēcumāyirukakir̲a akarāti|author= F. Poezold, William Simpson|publisher=Oxford University|date=1809}}</ref> or "Kongappechu or Kongu bashai or Coimbatore Tamil".<br />
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==Variations==<br />
The speciality of Kongu Tamil is the use of the [[alveolar consonant|alveolar]] ற - Tra/Dra (as in the English word track) instead of [[retroflex]] T/D (ட) of standard Tamil. For example, 'ennuDaya' (mine) of standard Tamil is pronounced enRa in the Kongu dialect. However, only Coimbatore district people use this. Additionally the use of guttural nasal (ங்) that sounds "ng" as in the English word Gang, is more prevalent in Kongu Tamil, leading to situations where the grammar of Kongu Tamil would not fit into the grammar of standard Tamil. One of the examples is the use of ங் to end a word like வாங் "vaang" or "vango" means 'come' expressed in a respectful tone, which in standard Tamil would be "vaanga". Both of these are [[stereotyping]] Kongalam with regional, professional variations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=SimpliCity News|date=2020-06-21|title=Remembering the Dictionary of Kongu Thamizh|url=https://simplicity.in/coimbatore/english/article/1171/Remembering-the-Dictionary-of-Kongu-Thamizh|access-date=2021-07-12|website=simplicity.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kongu Tamil|first=Tamil dialects|date=June 20, 2021|title=Kongu Tamil dialects|url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/43548/external_content.pdf?sequence=1#page=399|url-status=live|archive-url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/43548/external_content.pdf?sequence=1#page=399|access-date=20 June 2021|website=[[Google Scholar]]}}</ref><br />
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Kongu Tamil also uses certain Tamil words that are archaic to Kongu region and are not used in modern Tamil.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishnamachari|first=Suganthy|date=2017-10-12|title=On how Kongu Nadu was a Jain bastion|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-influence-of-jainism-in-kongu-nadu/article19845654.ece|access-date=2021-07-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kongu Tamil dialect|first=Anthology|date=20 June 2021|title=Kongu Nadu Anthology|url=https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W14-2805.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W14-2805.pdf|archive-date=10 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021|website=[[Google Scholar]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Kongu Nadu]], region in South India<br />
* [[Kongu Vellalar]], community in South India<br />
* [[Coimbatore]], metropolis in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
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