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{{Infobox language
|name = Tamil
|nativename = {{lang|ta|தமிழ்}} ''{{transl|ta|ISO|Tamil}}''
|pronunciation = {{IPA-ta|t̪ɐmɨɻ|}}; {{Audio|Ta-தமிழ்.oga|pronunciation|help=}} 
|states = [[Indie]]<br/>[[Sri Lanka]]
|ethnicity   = [[Tamil fowk]]
|speakers = {{sigfig|70.0|2}} million
|date     = 2007
|ref      = ne2007
|speakers2 = 8 million [[L2 speakers]] in Indie (na date)<ref>{{Ethnologue16|tam}}</ref>
|familycolor = Dravidian
|fam2 = [[Soothren Dravidian leid|Soothren]]
|fam3 = [[Tamil–Kannada leids|Tamil–Kannada]]
|fam4 = [[Tamil–Kodagu leids|Tamil–Kodagu]]
|fam5 = [[Tamil–Malayalam leids|Tamil–Malayalam]]
|fam6 = [[Tamil leids]]
|ancestor = [[Auld Tamil leid|Auld Tamil]]
|ancestor2 = [[Middle Tamil leid|Middle Tamil]]
|script = [[Tamil alphabet]] ([[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic]]) <br/> [[Arwi|Arwi Script]] ([[Arabic alphabet|Abjad]]) <br/> [[Tamil Braille]] ([[Bharati Braille|Bharati]]) <br/>[[Tamil-Brahmi]] (historical) <br/> [[Vatteluttu]] (historical) <br/>[[Pallava alphabet|Pallava]] (historical) <br/>[[Kolezhuthu]] (historical) <br/>[[Grantha alphabet|Grantha]] (historical) <br/>[[Laitin script]] (informal) 
|nation={{flag|Sri Lanka}}<br/>{{flag|Singapore}}<br/>{{flag|Indie}}:
* [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="TN">{{Citation|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/welcometn.htm |title=Official languages of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=1 May 2007 |work=Tamil Nadu Government |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154022/http://www.tn.gov.in/welcometn.htm |archivedate=21 October 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Puducherry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India: 50th report (delivered to the Lokh Sabha in 2014) |page=155 |publisher=National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |accessdate=8 June 2017 |archive-date=2016-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/andaman-nicobar-islands/languages.html |title=Languages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands |accessdate=7 August 2017}}</ref>
|minority= {{flag|Malaysie}}<ref name="MS">{{Citation |url=http://www10.gencat.net/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall_print.jsp?id=632&idioma=5 |title=School languages |accessdate=26 March 2016 |publisher=LINGUAMON |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902021816/http://www10.gencat.net/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall_print.jsp?id=632&idioma=5 |archivedate=2 September 2015 |df= }} {{Cite web |url=http://www10.gencat.net/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall_print.jsp?id=632&idioma=5 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-09 |archive-date=2015-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902021816/http://www10.gencat.net/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall_print.jsp?id=632&idioma=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />{{flag|Mauritius}}<ref 
name="Mau">{{Citation |url=https://tvaraj.com/2014/10/07/tamil-mauritian-currency/|title=Tamil on Mauritian Currency |accessdate=7 October 2014|publisher=TVARAJ.COM}}</ref><br />{{flag|Sooth Africa}}<ref>[http://www.gov.za/documents/constitution/chapter-1-founding-provisions Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 - Chapter 1: Founding Provisions - South African Government]</ref>
|iso1 = ta
|iso2=tam
|lc1=tam
|ld1=Modern Tamil
|lc2=oty
|ld2=Old Tamil
|lc3=ptq
|ld3=Pattapu Bhashai
|linglist=oty
|lingname=Old Tamil
|lingua=49-EBE-a
|image=Word Tamil.svg
|map=Idioma tamil.png
|mapcaption=
|notice=IPA
|sign=[[Signed Tamil]]
|glotto=tamil1289
|glottoname=Modern Tamil
|glotto2=oldt1248
|glottoname2=Old Tamil
}}
The '''Tamil''' leid is a [[Dravidian leids|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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[[Category:Leids o Malaysie]]
[[Category:Leids o Mauritius]]
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[[Category:Leids o Sri Lanka]]
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