Tamil[b] (தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ⓘ) is a Dravidian language spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world, [10][11] attested since c. 300 BCE. [12][13][14][15][16] Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such ...
Tamil Nadu means “Tamil Country.” Tamil people constitute the majority of the state’s population and are understood to be descendants of the early inhabitants of India (the so-called Dravidians). They were driven southward between about 2000 and 1500 BCE when the Aryans (speakers of Indo-Aryan languages) pushed into the Indian subcontinent.
Tamil is derived from the name of the language. [13] The people are referred to as Tamiḻar in Tamil language, which is etymologically linked to the name of the language. [14] The origin and precise etymology of the word Tamil is unclear with multiple theories attested to it. [15] Kamil Zvelebil suggests that the term tamiz might have been derived from tam meaning "self" and "-iz" having the ...
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Tamil (தமிழ்) Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka, and also in Malaysia, the UK, South Africa, Canada, the USA, Singapore, France, Mauritius, and many other countries. According to the 2001 Indian census, there were 60.8 million speakers of Tamil in India. [source].