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Old 12-13-2007, 19:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hi there! I'm writing about the Indian Caste System.
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Also, what are examples of linguistic divisions along the lines of caste distinction?
not being a spoilsport, thats a lot of information, India has a zillion castes and a zillion more languages. For eg, Tamil spoken by Iyers is different from that of the Tamil spoken by Iyengars, to complicate it, they both are Brahmins. Then we have 5-6 dominant castes in Tamilnadu each with their own slang. Majority of Indian states were formed based on linguistics and every state has more than one dominant castes.
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