Tamil

E6357
Dravidian language classical language language

Tamil is a classical Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in parts of Sri Lanka, with a rich literary tradition spanning over two millennia.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Tamil canonical 917
Tamil language 39
Sri Lankan Tamil 3

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language ⓘ
classical language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Tamil–Kannada subgroup ⓘ
countryWhereOfficialLanguage India ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryWhereRecognisedMinorityLanguage Malaysia ⓘ
earliestLiteratureDate circa 300 BCE ⓘ
family Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian language family
hasAncientForm Old Tamil ⓘ
hasDialect Indian Tamil dialects in Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Tamil ⓘ
Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kongu Tamil

Madurai Tamil ⓘ
Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
hasLiteraryTraditionDuration over two millennia ⓘ
hasMajorLiteraryCorpus Sangam literature ⓘ
hasMajorWork Manimekalai ⓘ
Manimekalai ⓘ
surface form: Silappatikaram

Tirukkural ⓘ
hasMedievalForm Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle Tamil
hasModernForm Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Modern Tamil
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakers over 70 million ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusInInternationalBody one of the official languages of Singapore ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasScriptOrigin Brahmi script ⓘ
hasScriptUnicodeBlock U+0B80–U+0BFF ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Standard Tamil ⓘ
hasTotalSpeakers over 80 million ⓘ
hasWritingReform 20th-century Tamil script reform ⓘ
isClassicalLanguageOf India ⓘ
isCulturalLanguageOf Tamil people ⓘ
isLiturgicalLanguageOf Shaivism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ta ⓘ
ISO639-2Code tam ⓘ
ISO639-3Code tam ⓘ
primaryRegion Malaysia ⓘ
Puducherry ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamil-majority areas ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
recognizedAsClassicalLanguageBy Government of India ⓘ
stateWhereOfficialLanguage Puducherry ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
subfamily Southern Dravidian ⓘ
usedInMedium Tamil cinema ⓘ
Tamil newspapers ⓘ
Tamil television ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Tamil script ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (968)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

India → recognizedLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Indian English → influencedBy → Tamil ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → spokenLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Indian Opinion (newspaper) → languageOfWorkOrName → Tamil ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Opinion
Singapore → officialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Tamil → hasMedievalForm → Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Tamil
Tamil → hasModernForm → Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Tamil
Tamil → hasDialect → Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Tamil → hasDialect → Tamil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongu Tamil
Presidency College, Madras → languageOfInstruction → Tamil ⓘ
Asian American → languageUsed → Tamil ⓘ
Indo-Caribbean people → heritageLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Malayalam → closelyRelatedTo → Tamil ⓘ
Sinhala → coOfficialWith → Tamil ⓘ
Asian New Zealander → language → Tamil ⓘ
Chennai → officialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Trincomalee → languageUsed → Tamil ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon → localLanguages → Tamil ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Chennai English → influencedBy → Tamil ⓘ
Jaffna → languageMajority → Tamil ⓘ
Jaffna → officialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
British Ceylon → commonLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Old Malay → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Tamil ⓘ
Dravidian languages → majorLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Nicobarese → neighboringLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Tamil ⓘ
Tirupati → otherSpokenLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Indians in South Africa → heritageLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Shaivism → languageOfScripture → Tamil ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → languageRegion → Tamil ⓘ
Malay → majorLoanwordSource → Tamil ⓘ
Indology → studiesLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Tamil
Colombo → language → Tamil ⓘ
Straits Settlements → commonLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Parliament of Singapore → languageUsed → Tamil ⓘ
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam → ethnicGroup → Tamil ⓘ
Lalitha Chandrasekhar → languageOfWorkOrName → Tamil ⓘ
North Andaman Island → languageSpoken → Tamil ⓘ
SEATO → hasLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Sarawak → regionalLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
South India → majorLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
D. Udaya Kumar → ethnicGroup → Tamil ⓘ
Fort St. George → languageOfLocalAdministration → Tamil ⓘ
Trichinopoly → hasOfficialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Madras Port → languageUsed → Tamil ⓘ
Tanjore → primaryLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Tanjore → officialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → officialLanguage → Tamil ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → language → Tamil ⓘ