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Tamil is the 17th most spoken language in the world. Tamil language speakers make up approximately 1.06% of the world population. The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu (India), 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 ...
Colors Tamil - part of Viacom 18. Jaya TV - part of Jaya TV Network. Kalaignar TV - part of Kalaignar TV Network. Makkal TV. Mega TV - part of Mega TV Network. Polimer TV. Puthuyugam TV - part of New Generation Media Corporation. Raj TV - part of Raj Television Network. Star Vijay - part of Star India.
The International Institute of Tamil Studies was established in 1970 for Tamil research. In 2014, the then directors Vijayaraghavan and Manavazhagan proposed setting up a cultural center with permanent exhibition to recreate the history of Tamils unraveled by decades of research, and the government approved it in September the same year.
Discovery Channel HD - with Tamil audio feed (HD version) D Tamil - separate channel for Tamil. Fox Life - with Tamil audio feed. National Geographic - with Tamil audio feed. Nat Geo Wild - with Tamil audio feed. Sony BBC Earth - with Tamil audio feed. Travel XP Tamil - separate channel for Tamil.
Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language, one of the longest surviving classical languages and which serves as its official language.
The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand years of written history, dating back to the Sangam period (between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Tamils constitute about 5.7% of the Indian population and form the majority in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
Tamil is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the 22 languages under schedule 8 of the constitution of India. [75] It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [76] [77] Tamil is also one of the official languages of Singapore.
The first Tamil television channels, Sun TV and DD Podhigai, [6] [8] were launched on April 14, 1993, in India.Businessman Kalanithi Maran established the first Tamil language TV station, Sun TV, which commenced broadcasting on April 14, 1993, [9] [10] initially offering four-and-a-half hours of programming per day under a time-sharing agreement with ATN.