2006-06-17 05:58:13 · 19 answers · asked by athaps 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. The oldest Tamil communities are those of southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka. There are also a number of Tamil emigrant communities scattered around the world, especially in central Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa, with more recent emigrants also found in Australia, Canada, and parts of Europe.
Unlike many ethnic groups, Tamils were not governed by a single political entity during most of their history; Tamilakam, the traditional name for the Tamil lands, was only politically united for a brief period between the 9th and 12th centuries under the Chola Empire. The Tamil identity is primarily linguistic, with Tamils being those whose first language was Tamil. In recent times, however, the definition has been broadened to include also emigrants of Tamil descent who maintain Tamil cultural traditions, even when they no longer speak the language.
Tamils are ethnically, linguistically and culturally related to the other Dravidian peoples of South Asia. There are an estimated 74 million Tamils around the world.
2006-06-18 01:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tamil is the language spoken in the Indian State Tamilnadu.In Sri Lanka It's Simhala it have similarity with tamil
2006-06-19 19:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by arunmvijay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tamil is a regional language spoken in the southern state of Tamilnadu (formerly known as Madras) in India . It is one of the ancient languages still existing and widely used in our world. Tamil is spoken and recognized in other countries like Singapore, Sreelanka, Canada and Australia. It is a very rich language, specifically to say in terms of literature. As far as I know, Tamil is the only language in India, among few hundreds of Indian languages, which is co-existed with and not evolved from Sanskrit.
2006-06-17 06:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Asktoknow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 01:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by jenniffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are spoken in Sri Lanka & India. The state that use the language is Tamil Nudu India.
2006-06-17 07:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by - 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Countries - India and Sri Lanka
State -Tamil Nadu India
2006-06-17 06:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by GUK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an official language in Singapore and India. It is a national language in Sri Lanka. It's also spoken in Malaysia, Maurituis, South Africa and by imagrants from those places
2006-06-17 06:18:37 · answer #7 · answered by Dorcas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India
2006-06-17 19:31:09 · answer #8 · answered by ONE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's Sri Lanka the home of the Tamil Tigers. Jules, lecturer. Australia.
2006-06-17 06:03:41 · answer #9 · answered by Jules G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
part of sri lanka and southern india is the origin of that language spoken by the tamil people
2006-06-17 06:01:37 · answer #10 · answered by Aslan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋