Editing Chennai (section)

=== Languages ===
[[Tamil language|Tamil]] is the language spoken by most of Chennai's population; [[Indian English|English]] is largely spoken by [[white-collar worker]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Siddique|first=Zahra|year=2008|title=Ethnicity, Race and Gender in the Labor Market|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqRLGSCgfLUC&pg=PA30|isbn=978-0-549-50781-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Joseph|last1=Getter|author2=B.Balasubrahmaniyan|editor-first=Mark|editor-last=Slobin|title=Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQw5Ci7sbasC&pg=PA119|date=29 September 2008|page=119|chapter=Tamil Film Music: Sound and Significance|isbn=978-0-81956-882-3|access-date=3 July 2020|archive-date=29 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629140452/https://books.google.com/books?id=VQw5Ci7sbasC&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> As per the 2011 census, [[Tamil language|Tamil]] is the most spoken language with 3,640,389 (78.3%) of speakers followed by [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (432,295), [[Urdu]] (198,505), [[Hindi]] (159,474) and [[Malayalam]] (104,994).<ref>{{cite report|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10222|title=Census India Catalog|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208151656/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10222|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Madras Bashai]] is a [[Variety (linguistics)|variety]] of the Tamil spoken by people in the city.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Smirnitskaya|first1=Anna|title=Diglossia and Tamil varieties in Chennai|journal=Acta Linguistica Petropolitana|date=March 2019|volume=XiV |issue=3|pages=318–334|doi=10.30842/alp2306573714317|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331772782|access-date=4 November 2022|doi-access=free|archive-date=28 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328173206/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331772782_Diglossia_and_Tamil_varieties_in_Chennai|url-status=live}}</ref> It originated with words introduced from other languages such as [[English language|English]] and Telugu on the Tamil originally spoken by the native people of the city.<ref>{{cite book|title=Theoretical perspectives on word order in South Asian languages|chapter=Compound Typology in Tamil|pages=263–264|first=K. G.|last=Vijayakrishnan|publisher=Centre for Study of Language|isbn=978-1-88152-649-0|year=1995}}</ref> [[Korean language|Korean]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/k-and-the-city-why-are-more-and-more-chennaiites-learning-korean/article25256267.ece|title=K and the city: Why are more and more Chennaiites learning Korean?|first=Sweta|last=Akundi|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 October 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128030545/https://www.thehindu.com/society/k-and-the-city-why-are-more-and-more-chennaiites-learning-korean/article25256267.ece|archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> [[Japanese Language|Japanese]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/india-file/konnichiwa/article22157129.ece1|title=Konnichiwa!|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 September 2017|access-date=25 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020210354/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/india-file/konnichiwa/article22157129.ece1|archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> [[French language|French]],<ref name="FP">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/feb/21/how-many-tongues-can-you-speak-1776354.html|title=How many tongues can you speak?|website=The New Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107191558/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/feb/21/how-many-tongues-can-you-speak-1776354.html|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> [[Mandarin Chinese]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/how-mandarin-has-become-crucial-in-chennai/article25321543.ece|title=How Mandarin has become crucial in Chennai|first=Sweta|last=Akundi|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 October 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203115726/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/how-mandarin-has-become-crucial-in-chennai/article25321543.ece|archive-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> [[German language|German]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/guten-morgen-chennaiites-signing-up-for-german-lessons-on-the-rise/articleshow/64152188.cms|title=Guten Morgen! Chennaiites signing up for German lessons on the rise|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129115236/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/guten-morgen-chennaiites-signing-up-for-german-lessons-on-the-rise/articleshow/64152188.cms|archive-date=29 November 2020}}</ref> and [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] are spoken by foreign expatriates residing in the city.<ref name="FP"/>