Kongu Tamil

Kongu Tamil
Kongu Tamil
கொங்கு தமிழ்
Pronunciation	Koṅku Tamil
Native to	West part of Tamil Nadu and some parts of Karnataka, Kerala
Region	Kongu Nadu
Ethnicity	Kongu Vellalar
Native speakers	(undated figure of ~25 million )
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Tamil–Paliyan Tamil Kongu Tamil; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Writing system	Tamil script
Official status
Official language in	India (Tamil Nadu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
	Distribution of native Tamil speakers in India and Sri Lanka

Kongu Tamil or Kovai Tamil (also called Kongalam, Kongu Pechu, Coimbatore Tamil) is the dialect of Tamil language that is spoken by the people in Kongu Nadu, which is the western region of Tamil Nadu. It is originally known as "Kangee"` or "Kongalam" or "Kongappechu or Kongu bashai or Coimbatore Tamil".