Tanglish

Tanglish (Tamil: தமிங்கிலம்) is the mixing or code-switching of the Tamil and English languages

Not to be confused with Taglish, Tenglish, or Tinglish, macaronic languages of English with Tagalog, Telugu, and Thai, respectively.

The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two languages and has been variously composed. The earliest form is Tamilish (dating from 1972), then Tinglish (1974), Tamglish (1991), Tamlish (1993), Thanglish (1997), and Tanglish (1999).

In the context of colloquial written language, Tanglish refers to the Tamil language written in English alphabet (that is, using Roman script instead of Tamil script).

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