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  2. Tamil honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Tiru (Tamil: திரு), [9] also rendered Thiru, is a Tamil honorific prefix used while addressing adult males and is the equivalent of the English "Mr" or the French "Monsieur". The female equivalent of the term is tirumati .

  3. Tamil Lexicon dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.

  4. Abstand and ausbau languages - Wikipedia

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    Abstand means a distance of ongoing separation, e.g. a clearance by mechanical design. In the context of language varieties, abstand indicates the discontinuity of two dialects; in the words of Kloss, there is a "definite break" between the varieties. [2] An abstand language is a cluster of varieties that is distinctly separate from any other ...

  5. List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official ...

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    The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]

  6. Paṭṭiṉappālai - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 5 lines are on the proposed separation by a man who wants to move there and the separation pain of his wife who would miss her husband's love. [2] Of the 301 lines, 153 are in the vanci meter and the rest are in akaval. [3] It is sometimes referred to as Vancinetumpattu, or the "long song in the vanci meter". [3]

  7. Religious views on same-sex marriage - Wikipedia

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    Americans United for Separation of Church and State argue that by defining marriage as an opposite-sex institution, the state infringes upon the constitutional right to freedom of religion. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] In this view, religious groups that do wish to celebrate same-sex marriages are discriminated against when government policies do not ...

  8. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects - Wikipedia

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    As Tamil is a diglossic language the differences between the standard written languages across the globe is minimal but the spoken varieties differ considerably. The spoken Tamil varieties in Sri Lanka although different from those of Tamil Nadu in India share some common features with the southern dialects of Tamil Nadu.

  9. Tamil nationalism - Wikipedia

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    A lightboard that reads Long live Tamil (Tamil Valga in Tamil) outside a public building in Tamil Nadu. Tamil nationalism is the ideology which asserts that the Tamil people constitute a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Tamil people. Tamil nationalism is primarily a secular nationalism, that focus on language and homeland. [1]