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Tamil is an educational language in Malaysia, with more than 500 Tamil medium schools. According to Harold Schiffman, an American researcher into Malaysian Tamils, compared to Singapore, language maintenance is favourable in Malaysia.
This is a list of Tamil population per nation. Country Tamil Population Percent Year Notes Refs ... Malaysia: 2,327,000: 6.7%: 2020 estimates [c] [4]
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]
Malaysia has a Tamil population of 1,800,000 making up 6.3% of the Malaysian population as of 2018 starting mainly from 1901 when it was called British Malaya. [22] Initially the migration was to work in the rubber plantations but later turned to trade and other professions mostly in the government sector such as the railways and the Public ...
Malaysia: 1,800,000 (2016) [6] United States: 238,699+ (2017) [7] Canada: ... The northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka with majority Tamil population.
This is a list of Tamil population per city (excluding Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry) ... Malaysia: 166,000: 10.0%: Kuala Lumpur
Total population; 6,500 0.2 % of Sarawak total population (2023) [1] Regions with significant populations Malaysia (Significantaly Kuching and Miri) Languages; Tamil (Malaysian Tamil) majority/dominant, and English (Tanglish and Manglish) Other Indian languages: Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam: Religion
Total population; 5,962 2.5% of Sabah total population (2015) [1] Regions with significant populations Malaysia (Kota Kinabalu, Labuan, Lahad Datu and Sandakan) Languages; Tamil (Malaysian Tamil) majority/dominant, Malaysian (Sabah Malay dialect) and English (Tanglish and Manglish) Other Indian languages: Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam: Religion