Brahmin Tamil (Tamil: பிராமண தமிழ்) is the name for the dialect of Tamil traditionally spoken by Tamil Brahmins. The dialect, largely, uses Classical Tamil and has an extremely high proportion of Sanskrit words compared to spoken dialects used by the non-Brahmin Tamils. According to linguist V. Balasubramaniam, Brahmin Tamil dialect is closest to the Central Tamil dialect, particularly, the variant used by Vellalars and Mudaliyars.
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“They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
The strong gods pine for my abode,
And pine in vain the sacred Seven;
But thou, meek lover of the good!
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)