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'''Tamil''' is a [[Dravidian language]].<ref>{{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|æ|m|ɪ|l}} Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> It is spoken in the [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Puducherry]] states of [[India]] and parts of [[Sri Lanka]]. Many people in [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]] also speak it. Many people speaking Tamil live in various places around the world. | '''Tamil''' is a [[Dravidian language]].<ref>{{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|æ|m|ɪ|l}} Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> It is spoken in the [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Puducherry]] states of [[India]] and parts of [[Sri Lanka]]. Many people in [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]] also speak it. Many people speaking Tamil live in various places around the world. | ||
The Tamil language is part of the Dravidian language family, which includes Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. According to a survey, 1863 newspapers are published in the Tamil language only every day | The Tamil language is part of the Dravidian language family, which includes Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. According to a survey, 1863 newspapers are published in the Tamil language only every day.<ref name="Circulation and the Historical Geog">{{Citation | first= Burton |last=Stein |date=1977 | title = Circulation and the Historical Geography of Tamil Country | journal = The Journal of Asian Studies | volume = 37 | issue = 1 | pages = 7–26| doi = 10.2307/2053325 | jstor=2053325}}</ref><ref>Steever, Sanford B. ''"The Dravidian languages"'', First Published (1998), pp. 6–9. {{ISBN|0-415-10023-2}}</ref> The oldest text found in Tamil is [[Tolkāppiyam]]. Tamil has a long literary history, and is spoken by almost 90 million people. | ||
== Tamil script == | == Tamil script == | ||
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== Other websites == | == Other websites == | ||
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{{InterWiki|code=ta}} | {{InterWiki|code=ta}} | ||
{{wikibooks-inline|Tamil}} | {{wikibooks-inline|Tamil}} | ||