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[1] http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_
Data_Online/Language/Statement5.htm
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[3] Tale of two villages
[4] http://samskritabharati.in//
[5] Na Cacvi, C Inn ci (1990).
Tamiliyal
Katturaikal:
Papers in Tamilology.
Cenna ip
Palkalaikkal akam.
p.
85.
http://books.google.
co.uk/books?id=DL1kAAAAMAAJ&q=vatamoli+
sanskrit&dq=vatamoli+sanskrit&hl=en&sa=X&
ei=PTWSUeb0GqOg0wXV3YCwBA&ved=
0CDoQ6AEwAQ.
[6] http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?
c.1:1:1188.tamillex

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