Tamil leid

pronunciation
Tamil
	தமிழ் Tamil
Pronunciation	[t̪ɐmɨɻ]; pronunciation (help·info)
Native tae	Indie; Sri Lanka
Ethnicity	Tamil fowk
Native speakers	70 million (2007); 8 million L2 speakers in Indie (na date)
Leid faimily	Dravidian Soothren Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil leids Tamil; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Auld Tamil Middle Tamil;
Writin seestem	Tamil alphabet (Brahmic) ; Arwi Script (Abjad) ; Tamil Braille (Bharati) ; Tamil-Brahmi (historical) ; Vatteluttu (historical) ; Pallava (historical) ; Kolezhuthu (historical) ; Grantha (historical) ; Laitin script (informal)
Signed forms	Signed Tamil
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Sri Lanka; Singapore; Indie: Tamil Nadu; Puducherry; Andaman & Nicobar Islands;
Recognised minority; leid in	Malaysie; Mauritius; Template:Kintra data Sooth Africa
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	ta
ISO 639-2	tam
ISO 639-3	Variously:; tam – Modern Tamil; oty – Old Tamil; ptq – Pattapu Bhashai
Linguist List	oty Old Tamil
Glottolog	tamil1289 Modern Tamil; oldt1248 Old Tamil
Linguasphere	49-EBE-a
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The Tamil leid is a Dravidian leid spaik bi the Tamil fowk in the Indie subcontinent. It haes offeecial status in Indie, Sri Lanka an Singapore. In Indie, it is the offeecial leid o the state o Tamil Nadu, an it wis the first Indie leid tae be cried a clessical leid bi the Indian govrenment in 2004. Tamil leetaratur dates back 2000 year, the earliest records datin back tae the thrid century BC. Tamil leetaratur frae the first century BC an the seicont century AD haes been fand in Egyp an Thailand. It haes atweesh 68 an 77 million spaekers warld-wide.

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Tamil
தமிழ் Tamil

Pronunciation	[t̪ɐmɨɻ]; pronunciation (help·info)
Native tae	Indie Sri Lanka
Ethnicity	Tamil fowk
Native speakers	70 million (2007)^[1] 8 million L2 speakers in Indie (na date)^[2]
Leid faimily	Dravidian Soothren Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil leids Tamil
Early forms	Auld Tamil Middle Tamil
Writin seestem	Tamil alphabet (Brahmic) Arwi Script (Abjad) Tamil Braille (Bharati) Tamil-Brahmi (historical) Vatteluttu (historical) Pallava (historical) Kolezhuthu (historical) Grantha (historical) Laitin script (informal)
Signed forms	Signed Tamil
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Sri Lanka Singapore Indie: Tamil Nadu^[3] Puducherry^[4] Andaman & Nicobar Islands^[5]
Recognised minority leid in	Malaysie^[6] Mauritius^[7] Template:Kintra data Sooth Africa^[8]
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	`ta`
ISO 639-2	`tam`
ISO 639-3	Variously: `tam` – Modern Tamil `oty` – Old Tamil `ptq` – Pattapu Bhashai
Linguist List	`oty` Old Tamil
Glottolog	`tamil1289` Modern Tamil^[9] `oldt1248` Old Tamil^[10]
Linguasphere	`49-EBE-a`

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