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Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919standard. Tamil[b](தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced[t̪amiɻ]ⓘ) is a classicalDravidian languagenatively spoken by the Tamil peopleof South Asia. It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languagesin India, along with Sanskrit,[10][11 ...
The Tamil Wikipedia is the largest Wikipedia among Indian languages and the 60th largest Wikipedia by article count (as of 8 October 2024). [1] It is also the first and only Wikipedia of Dravidian origin to possess more than 150,000+ articles (as of 2022). The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedia's ...
The Tamils(/ˈtæmɪlz,ˈtɑː-/TAM-ilz, TAHM-), also known as the Tamilar, [note 4]are a Dravidianethnolinguistic groupwho natively speak the Tamil languageand trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand years of ...
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. [5] It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.
Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning from 300 BCE to 700 CE. [ 4 ] Prior to Old Tamil, the period of Tamil linguistic development is termed as Proto-Tamil. After the Old Tamil period, Tamil becomes Middle Tamil. The earliest records in Old Tamil are inscriptions from between the 3rd and 1st century BCE in caves and on pottery.
The Tamils speak the Tamil language, one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history. Archaeological evidencefrom the Tamilakamregion indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years. Historically, the region was inhabited by Tamil-speaking Dravidian people.
They are voiced otherwise. Tamil is characterized by its use of more than one type of coronal consonants: like many of the other languages of India, it contains a series of retroflex consonants. Notably, the Tamil retroflex series includes the retroflex approximant /ɻ/ (ழ) (example Tami ḻ; often transcribed 'zh').
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, referencing geographical variations in speech. Tamil culture, culture of the Tamil people. Tamil cuisine, cuisine of the Tamil people.