Tamil

Not Endangered

Native name: தமிழ்

Also known as: Bahasa Tamil, Basa Tamil, Damulian, Gjuha tamile, Idioma tamil, Język tamilski, Kitamil, Lengua tamil, Limba tamilă, Lingua Tamulica, Lingua tamil, Língua tâmil, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamil (Spoken), Tamil bhasa, Tamil language, Tamil nyelv, Tamil simi, Tamil-gí, Tamila lingvo, Tamilce, Tamileg, Tamilek, Tamilera, Tamili, Tamili keel, Tamilikani chhib, Tamilsk, Tamilski jezik, Tamilu valoda, Tamilština, Tamilų kalba, Tamoul, Tamílska, Tamėlu kalba, Tinamil, Tiếng Tamil, Tàmil, Zimanê tamîlî, tamoul, Èdè Tàmil, Тамилски език, Тамилски јазик, Тамилски језик, Тамильский язык, Тамільская мова, Тамільська мова, טמילית, تامل, تامىل تىلى, زبان تامیل, لغة تاميلية, तमिल भाषा, तमिळ भाषा, तमिळ्‌, তামিল ভাষা, తమిళ భాష, ತಮಿಳು, തമിഴ്, ภาษาทมิฬ, ტამილური ენა, タミル語, 泰米尔语, 타밀어 and 46 more...

Language Family

Dravidian / South Dravidian / South Dravidian I / Tamil-Kannada / Tamil-Kota / Tamil-Toda / Tamil-Irula / Tamil-Kodagu / Tamil-Malayalam / Tamiloid / Tamil-Paliyan / Tamil

Geographic Location

Countries: India, Sri Lanka

Coordinates: 10.5202°, 78.8260°

Dialects [18]

• Adi Dravida
• Aiyangar
• Aiyar
• Arava
• Burgandi
• Burma Tamil
• Harijan
• Hebbar
• Kongar
• Madrasi
• Malaya Tamil
• Mandyam Brahmin
• Nuclear Tamil
• Sanketi
• Secunderabad Brahmin
• South Africa Tamil
• Sri Lanka Tamil
• Tigalu

Information

This page is for the Tamil language/dialect.

Data sourced from Glottolog, a comprehensive reference information for the world's languages.

Resources

• View on Glottolog
• World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
• Ethnologue

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