Tirunelveli Tamil also known as Nellai Tamil or ThenPaandi Tamil is one of the dialects of Tamil which is spoken in the districts of Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and some parts of Virudhunagar as well as over the vast area of south Tamil Nadu which was once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. Nellai Tamil is also known as Thenpaandi Tamil. Thenpaandi Seemai refers to the part of a Pandya kingdom which includes the present day Kanyakumari,Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Tuticorin, some parts of Virudunagar Districts.It differs substantially from Madurai Tamil[1][2]
- ^ Kamatchinathan, A. (December 1969). "The Tirunelveli Tamil Dialect. Linguistic Survey of Tamilnadu, Annamalai University, Department of Linguistics".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Kamatchinathan, Arunachalam (1969). The Tirunelveli Tamil dialect. Annamalainagar: Annamalai University. OCLC 879228930.