Tamil[b] (தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ⓘ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

தமிழ் (Tamil language) தமிழர்களினதும் தமிழ் பேசும் பலரின் தாய்மொழி ஆகும். தமிழ், உலகில் உள்ள முதன்மையான மொழிகளில் ஒன்றும் செம்மொழியும் ஆகும்.

Tamil is the dominant language in the state of Tamil Nadu which is situated in India, and Northern provinces of Sri Lanka. It is also spoken by significant immigrant communities and the historical Tamil diaspora in like the United States, Germany, Fiji, Indonesia, France, Africa and Thailand and much more.

The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Tamil is an official language or language of government. Tamil is the 17th most spoken language in the world. Tamil language speakers make up approximately 1.06% of the world population.

The Tamil Wikipedia is the largest Wikipedia among Indian languages and the 60th largest Wikipedia by article count (as of 26 January 2025). It is also the first and only Wikipedia of Dravidian origin to possess more than 150,000+ articles (as of 2022).

Tamil diaspora, descendants of Tamil immigrants living outside of India and Sri Lanka; Tamil language, the native language of the Tamils; Tamiloid languages, Dravidian languages related to Tamil, spoken in India; Tamil script, the writing system of the Tamil language Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode

தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா (Tamil Wikipedia, சுருக்கமாக தமிழ் விக்கி), விக்கிப்பீடியா கலைக்களஞ்சியத்தின் தமிழ் மொழி பதிப்பு ஆகும் [1]. செப்டம்பர் 2003இல் இது தொடங்கப்பட்டது. 1 பெப்பிரவரி 2025 அன்று, ஏனைய மொழி விக்கிப்பீடியா கட்டுரைகளின் எண்ணிக்கையுடன் …

The Tamils (/ ˈ t æ m ɪ l z, ˈ t ɑː-/ TAM-ilz, TAHM-), also known as the Tamilar, [note 4] are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent.The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand …

Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning from the 3rd century BCE to the seventh century CE. [4][5] Prior to Old Tamil, the period of Tamil linguistic development is termed as Proto-Tamil. After the Old Tamil period, Tamil becomes Middle Tamil.

Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, [7][4] and the Indian Union territory of Puducherry.