▁dialect , ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁J aff na . ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁T amil ▁dialect s ▁retain ▁many ▁words ▁and ▁gram mat ical ▁forms ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁in ▁every day ▁use ▁in ▁India , ▁and ▁use ▁many ▁other ▁words ▁slightly ▁differently . ▁The ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁T amil ▁dialect s ▁are ▁less ▁influenced ▁by ▁S ansk rit ▁and ▁the ▁western ▁languages , ▁although ▁there ▁are ▁western ▁and ▁S ansk rit ▁loan ▁words ▁in ▁day ▁to ▁day ▁usage . ▁In ▁general ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁T amil ▁dialect s ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁conserv ative ▁than ▁the ▁contin ental ▁T amil ▁dialect s . ▁ ▁Dia lect s ▁ ▁Neg om bo ▁T amil ▁ ▁The ▁Neg om bo ▁T amil ▁dialect , ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Neg om bo ▁area ▁by ▁b iling ual ▁fish ers ▁who ▁otherwise ▁identify ▁themselves ▁as ▁Sin hal ese , ▁has ▁under g one ▁considerable ▁morph os ynt actic ▁convergence ▁with ▁spoken ▁or ▁col lo qu ial ▁Sin h ala ▁as ▁a ▁consequence ▁of ▁contact ▁with ▁it . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁developed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁gram mat ical ▁tra its ▁under ▁the ▁probable ▁influence ▁of ▁Sin h ala , ▁including ▁a ▁post posed ▁in defin ite ▁article , ▁an ▁in def init izing ▁post cl it ic ▁– s ari ▁( app ar ently ▁mode led ▁on ▁Sin h ala ▁– h ari ), ▁and ▁case ▁assign ments ▁for ▁defect ive ▁ver bs ▁that ▁follow ▁the ▁Sin h ala , ▁rather ▁than ▁T amil ,