THE TAMIL LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKA Part 2
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 7.2.19 Jaffna was colonized by a fresh set of Tamils during the Dutch occupation. The Dutch brought in landless Tamil laborers from South India, to work on their tobacco and indigo plantations in Jaffna. They settled down in Jaffna. Jaffna therefore continued to be Tamil speaking. Over time, descendants of these Tamil […]
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