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    • Tamil is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India, along with Sanskrit, attested since c. 300 BCE. The language belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family and shares close ties with Malayalam and Kannada. Despite external influences, Tamil … See more

    Native toIndia · Sri Lanka
    RegionIndia · Tamil Nadu · Union territory of Puducherry (Puducherry and Karaikal districts) · Kerala · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Karnataka (south) · Andhra Pradesh (south) · Sri Lanka · Northern Province · Eastern Province · Central Province · North-Western Province
    EthnicityTamils · Sri Lankan Moors
    Native speakersL1: 79 million (2011–2019) · L2: 8 million (2011)
    Etymology

    The earliest extant Tamil literary works and their commentaries celebrate the Pandiyan Kings for the organization of long-termed Tamil Sangams, which researched, developed and made amendments in Tamil language. … See more

    Classification

    Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages, a family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent. It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family that, alongside Tamil proper, incl… See more

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