code: def getTamilWords( tweet ):
           word needs to all be in the same tamil language """
          tweet = TamilTweetParser.cleanupPunct( tweet );
          nonETwords = filter( lambda x: len(x) > 0 , re.split(r'\s+',tweet) );#|"+|\'+|#+
          tamilWords = filter( TamilTweetParser.isTamilPredicate, nonETwords );
          return tamilWords
docs: word needs to all be in the same tamil language