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Apr 27, 2024 · Tamil language, member of the Dravidian language family, spoken primarily in India. It is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is also an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore and has additional speakers in Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji, and South Africa.
The Tamil Wikipedia is the second largest Wikipedia among Indian languages and the 60th largest Wikipedia by article count (As of 19 March 2024). [1] It is also the first and only Wikipedia of Dravidian origin to possess more than 150,000+ articles (as of 2022).
The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar (Tamil: தமிழர், romanized: Tamiḻar, pronounced [t̪amiɻaɾ] in the singular or தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, [t̪amiɻaɾɡaɭ] in the plural), Tamilians, or simply Tamils (/ ˈ t æ m ɪ l z, ˈ t ɑː-/ TAM-ilz, TAHM-), are a dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively ...
The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.
Dec 21, 2022 · Tamil /ˈtæmɪl/ (தமிழ், tamiḻ, [t̪ɐmɨɻ]) is the language of Tamil people of South India and North-east Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tamil is also a national language of Sri Lanka and an official language of Singapore.
Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning from 300 BCE to 700 CE. Prior to Old Tamil, the period of Tamil linguistic development is termed as Pre Tamil. After the Old Tamil period, Tamil becomes Middle Tamil .
Tamil at a glance. Native name: தமிழ் (tamiḻ) [ˈt̪amɨɻ] Language family: Dravidian, Southern. Number of speakers: c. 67.5 million. Spoken in: India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, UK, South Africa, Canada, USA, Singapore, France, Mauritius. First written: 500 BC. Writing system: Tamil script. Status: official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore.
