Lingua Malabar Tamul or simply Malabar Tamil is a variant of Tamil language[1] promoted by European Missionaries in present-day Kerala before they started promoting Malayalam language among newly converted Christians.[2] Malabar Tamil differs significantly from standard Tamil in its selection of vocabulary. Initially Malabar Tamil was printed using Roman script.[3] Later on, printing using Tamil script became widespread.[4]
Etymology
The word Malabar is derived from the words "mala-bar". Mala in Malayalam means "hill". Bar in Persian/Arabic means "country" or "nation".[5][6]
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References
- ↑ Tamil Culture{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Academy of Tamil Culture(1957)
- ↑ Portuguese in the Tamil coast: historical explorations in commerce and culture, 1507-1749{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Navajothi Pub. House(1998). ISBN 9788187382003
- ↑ Print, Folklore, and Nationalism in Colonial South India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Orient Blackswan(2006). ISBN 978-81-7824-149-4
- ↑ History of Printing and Publishing in India: South Indian origins of printing{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. National Book Trust, India(1984)
- ↑ C. A. Innes and F. B. Evans, Malabar and Anjengo, volume 1, Madras District Gazetteers (Madras: Government Press, 1915), p. 2.
- ↑ M. T. Narayanan, Agrarian Relations in Late Medieval Malabar (New Delhi: Northern Book Centre, 2003), xvi-xvii.