▁as ▁her ald s ▁and ▁traditional ▁we a vers . ▁They ▁also ▁maintained ▁the ▁family ▁records ▁of ▁their ▁fe ud al ▁l ords ▁and ▁even ▁pract iced ▁medicine ▁and ▁ast ro log y ▁in ▁folk ▁trad itions ▁ ▁Est ate ▁T amil ▁Est ate ▁T amil ▁( ET ) ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁indent ured ▁South ▁Indian ▁labour ers ▁who ▁were ▁brought ▁to ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁during ▁British ▁colon ization ▁and ▁South ▁Indians ▁who ▁migr ated ▁to ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁for ▁better ▁prospect s . ▁E T ▁is ▁often ▁misunder stood ▁as ▁Indian ▁T amil ▁as ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁speak ▁this ▁dialect ▁can ▁trace ▁their ▁ancest ry ▁back ▁to ▁South ▁India ▁but ▁much ▁research ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁done ▁regarding ▁this ▁dialect ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁misunder standing ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁absolutely ▁no ▁difference ▁between ▁E T ▁and ▁Indian ▁T amil . ▁However ▁research ▁shows ▁that ▁E T ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁that ▁heavily ▁diff ers ▁from ▁Indian ▁T amil ▁for ▁multiple ▁reasons .   ▁ ▁The ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁E T ▁speak ers ▁migr ated ▁from ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁South ▁India ▁and ▁they ▁spoke ▁different ▁dialect s ▁of ▁T amil . ▁For ▁example , ▁grand m other ▁for ▁P all ar ▁community ▁was ▁“ att ay ” ▁while ▁for ▁K udi yar ▁it ▁was ▁“ amm ay i ”. ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁century ▁these ▁different ▁dialect s ▁of ▁Indian ▁T amil ▁co - ex isted ▁in ▁close ▁proxim ity ▁in ▁the ▁hill ▁country ▁and ▁it ▁evol ved ▁into ▁what ▁is