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Sri Lankan Tamils in India mainly refer to Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin in India and non-resident Sri Lankan Tamil. They are partly who migrated to India and their descendants and mostly refugees from Sri Lanka because of the concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. In general socio economically they are living below poverty line, except few people ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. Dravidian ethnolinguistic group Ethnic group Tamils Tamilar Total population c. 77 million Regions with significant populations India 69,026,881 (2011) Sri Lanka 3,108,770 (2012) Malaysia 1,800,000 (2016) United States 238,699+ (2017) Canada 237,890 (2021) [note 2] Singapore 174,708 ...
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]
Sri Lankan Tamils in India are mostly refugees of about over 100,000 in special camps and another 50,000 outside of the camps. [8] In western European countries, the refugees and immigrants have integrated themselves into society where permitted.
The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant. Orient Longman, Hyderabad. ISBN 978-81-250-1661-8. Pillai, K. N. Sivaraja (1984) [1932]. The Chronology of the Early Tamils. Asian Educational Services. Pillay, J.K. (1972). Educational system of the ancient Tamils. South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd., Madras. Sastri, K.A. Nilakanta ...
Tamil diaspora, descendants of Tamil immigrants living outside of India and Sri Lanka; Tamil language, the native language of the Tamils; Tamiloid languages, Dravidian languages related to Tamil, spoken in India; Tamil script, the writing system of the Tamil language Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode; Tamil dialects ...
Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka. [1] [2]The Tamils traditional homeland according to Sangam period sources covered the modern states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and southern parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, although ancient Tamil settlement were also found in Sri ...
Distribution of Tamil speakers in South India and Sri Lanka (1981) (from Tamils) Image 3 Tamil girls in Malaysia (from Tamil diaspora ) Image 4 One of the most popular overseas branches of Chennai -based Saravanaa Bhavan , the world's largest Indian vegetarian restaurant chain, is located in Edison , New Jersey , U.S. (from Tamil diaspora )