| Language: | Tamil |
| Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
| Value: | Multiple politeness distinctions |
nii | 2nd sg. fam. | - familiar form of address, derives historically fromProto-Tamil niin |
niinkaL | 2nd pl. fam. | - according to ), niinkaL derives historically from the repluralization of the Proto-Tamil2nd pl form niim + kaL 'pl'; - this form is used as familiar form of plural address |
niinkaL | 2nd sg. hhon. | - more polite form of address than niir; |
niir | 2nd sg. hon. | - polite form of address, derives historically from the old sgniin + yir 'pl' |