Iyengar Tamil

Iyengar Tamil
Iyengar Tamil
Region	Primarily Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Native speakers	Unknown (The Iyengar community employs the dialect in tandem with standard Tamil)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Tamil–Paliyan Tamil Iyengar Tamil; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	aiya1239

Iyengar Tamil (Tamil: ஐயங்கார் தமிழ்) is a dialect of the Tamil language spoken mostly in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, as well as other neighbouring regions of South India. It is spoken by the Iyengar community, a sect of Tamil Brahmins whose members adhere to Sri Vaishnavism.^[1] Iyengars are present in considerable numbers in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, though their spoken dialect varies from state to state.^[2]

^ Nagendra Kr Singh, ed. (1997). Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. New Delhi: Centre for International Religious Studies. ISBN 81-7488-168-9. OCLC 37795201.
^ Kamil Zvelebil (1 January 1964). "Spoken Language of Tamilnad". Archiv Orientální. 32. ProQuest 1304095347. Retrieved 2022-03-12 – via Proquest.

[1] Nagendra Kr Singh, ed. (1997). Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. New Delhi: Centre for International Religious Studies. ISBN 81-7488-168-9. OCLC 37795201.

[2] Kamil Zvelebil (1 January 1964). "Spoken Language of Tamilnad". Archiv Orientální. 32. ProQuest 1304095347. Retrieved 2022-03-12 – via Proquest.

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