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Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. The Tamils speak the Tamil language , one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history . Archaeological evidence from the Tamilakam region indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years.
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 ...
Historical map of the Chola Empire, where Tamil was the language of administration. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Tamil is an official language or language of government. Tamil is the 17th most spoken language in the world. Tamil language speakers make up approximately 1.06% of the world population.
Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism is the conviction of the Sri Lankan Tamil people, a minority ethnic group in the South Asian island country of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), that they have the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community. This idea has not always existed.
Most of them have lost their Tamil identity and are Tamils only in name. The South Indian Sanmarga Sangam is the pioneer body that forged the Tamil culture, Tamil education and the Hindu practices in the country for a long time. In 2005, it was revealed that in the 20 primary schools managed by TISI, out of the 4940 students, 1765 took Tamil ...
Tamil poet Bharathidasan's image from a book cover. Tanittamiḻ Iyakkam (Tamil: தனித்தமிழ் இயக்கம், lit. 'Independent Tamil Movement') is a linguistic-purity movement in Tamil literature which attempts to avoid loanwords from Sanskrit/Prakrit, English, Urdu and other non-Dravidian languages.
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 ...
However, the restrictions to protect native forest and wildlife have forced them to find work outside the forests. Although willing to work for very low wages, unemployment and poverty are very severe among the Kattunayakan. Another important factor for the tribe is the medicinal system and its close association with the culture.