Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and the first Indian language to be declared as a classical language by the government of India in 2004. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in Malaysia and Mauritius as well as emigrant communities around the world. It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past" and having "one of the richest literatures in the world". Tamil literature has existed for over 2000 years. The earliest epigraphic records found on rock edicts and hero stones date from around the 3rd century BCE.
Entry terms
- Tamil language
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- tam
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- tam
ISO 639-1 code
- ta
ISO 639-3 code
- tam
In other languages
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Tamil
Afrikaans
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Tamì
Aghem
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Tamil kasa
Akan
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Tamil
Albanian
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Gjuha tamile
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ታሚልኛ
Amharic
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التاميلية
Arabic
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لغة تاميلية
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Idioma tamil
Aragonese
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Թամիլերեն
Armenian
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tamil
Asturian
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Kitamil
Asu
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tamilcə
Azerbaijani
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Tamil dili
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ritamúl
Bafia
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tamulikan
Bambara
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তামিল
Bangla
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তামিল ভাষা
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Bahasa Tamil
Banjar
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Hɔp u tamu᷆l
Basaa
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tamilera
Basque
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Tamilera
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тамільская
Belarusian
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Тамільская мова
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Тамільская мова
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Ichi Tamil
Bemba
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Hitamil
Bena
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ታሚልኛ
Blin
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तमिळ
Bodo
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тамилски
Bosnian
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tamileg
Breton
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Tamileg
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тамилски
Bulgarian
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Тамилски език
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တမီးလ်
Burmese
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泰米爾文
Cantonese
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tàmil
Catalan
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Tàmil
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Tatamilt
Central Atlas Tamazight
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Orutamiri
Chiga
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泰米尔语
Chinese
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Tamiilesch
Colognian
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Tamilek
Cornish
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tamilski
Croatian
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Tamilski jezik
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tamilština
Czech
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Tamilština
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Tamil
Danish
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tamilsk
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Tamil
Dutch
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ཏ་མིལ་ཁ
Dzongkha
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Kĩtamil
Embu
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tamila
Esperanto
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Tamila lingvo
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tamili
Estonian
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Tamili keel
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tamilgbe
Ewe
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ǹkɔ́bɔ tamíl
Ewondo
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tamilskt
Faroese
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Tamil bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Tamil
Filipino
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Finnish
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tamili
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tamoul
French
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Tamoul
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tamil
Friulian
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Tamil
Fulah
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tamil
Galician
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Lingua támil
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Lutamiiru
Ganda
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ტამილური ენა
Georgian
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Tamil
German
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Tamilisch
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Ταμίλ
Greek
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Ταμίλ γλώσσα
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તમિલ
Gujarati
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તમિલ ભાષા
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Kitamil
Gusii
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Tamil
Hausa
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טמילית
Hebrew
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तमिल
Hindi
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तमिल भाषा
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tamil
Hungarian
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Tamil nyelv
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tamílska
Icelandic
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Tamílska
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Tamụlụ
Igbo
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Tamil
Indonesian
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Bahasa Tamil
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tamil
Interlingua
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Tamailis
Irish
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An Tamailis
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tamil
Italian
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Lingua tamil
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タミル語
Japanese
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Basa Tamil
Javanese
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tamil
Jola-Fonyi
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tamil
Kabuverdianu
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Taṭamulit
Kabyle
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kutitab Tamil
Kalenjin
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Kitamil
Kamba
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ತಮಿಳು
Kannada
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Тамил тил
Karachay-Balkar
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تَمِل
Kashmiri
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тамил
Kazakh
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តាមីល
Khmer
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Kitamil
Kikuyu
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Igitamili
Kinyarwanda
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타밀어
Korean
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Tamil senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Tamil senni
Koyra Chiini
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Zimanê tamîlî
Kurdish
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Kiɛl tamul
Kwasio
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тамилче
Kyrgyz
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Kɨtamíili
Langi
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ທະມິນ
Lao
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Lingua Tamulica
Latin
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tamilu
Latvian
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Tamilu valoda
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Lengua tamil
Ligurian
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litamuli
Lingala
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tamilų
Lithuanian
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Tamilų kalba
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Mtamuili
Luba-Katanga
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Kitamil
Luo
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Tamil
Luxembourgish
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Kitamil
Luyia
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тамилски
Macedonian
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Тамилски јазик
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Kyitamil
Machame
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Itamil
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chitamil
Makonde
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Tamoila
Malagasy
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Fiteny tamily
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Bahasa Tamil
Malay
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തമിഴ്
Malayalam
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Tamil
Maltese
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तमिळ
Marathi
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तमिळ
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ ltamil
Masai
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Kĩtamilu
Meru
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Tamil-gí
Min Nan Chinese
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tamoul
Morisyen
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Tamul
Mundang
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Tamilǁî gowab
Nama
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तामिल
Nepali
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तमिल भाषा
Newari
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isi-Thamil
North Ndebele
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Tamilsk
Norwegian
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tamil
Norwegian Bokmål
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tamil
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Tamil
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Thok tamilni
Nuer
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Orutamiri
Nyankole
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Tamol
Occitan
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ତାମିଲ୍
Odia
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ତାମିଲ ଭାଷା
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Afaan Tamilii
Oromo
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تامل
Pashto
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تامیلی
Persian
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زبان تامیلی
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Lenga Tamil
Piedmontese
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tamilski
Polish
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Język tamilski
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tâmil
Portuguese
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Língua tâmil
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ਤਾਮਿਲ
Punjabi
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Tamil simi
Quechua
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tamilă
Romanian
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Limba tamilă
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tamil
Romansh
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Tamilikani chhib
Romany
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Kitamil
Rombo
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Igitamili
Rundi
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тамильский
Russian
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Тамильский язык
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Тамільскый язык
Rusyn
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Kyitamil
Rwa
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Тамыллыы
Sakha
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Kitamil
Samburu
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Tämûli
Sango
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Ishitamili
Sangu
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तमिऴ्
Sanskrit
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Taimil leid
Scots
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Taimilis
Scottish Gaelic
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tâmil
Sena
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Tamilski
Serbian
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Tamilski jezik
Serbo-Croatian
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Kitamil
Shambala
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chiTamil
Shona
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Lingua tamil
Sicilian
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දෙමළ
Sinhala
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tamilčina
Slovak
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tamilščina
Slovenian
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Tamilščina
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Olutamiiru
Soga
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Tamiil
Somali
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Luqada Tamil-ka
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Se-tamil
Southern Sotho
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tamil
Spanish
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Idioma tamil
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Kitamil
Swahili
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Swedish
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Tamil
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Tamilisch
Swiss German
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tatamilt
Tachelhit
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Wikang Tamil
Tagalog
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Kitamil
Taita
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Забони томилӣ
Tajik
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தமிழ்
Tamil
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தமிழ் மொழி
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Tamil senni
Tasawaq
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తమిళము
Telugu
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తమిళ భాష
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Kitamil
Teso
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ทมิฬ
Thai
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ภาษาทมิฬ
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ཏཱ་མིལ་སྐད།
Tibetan
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ታሚልኛ
Tigre
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ታሚልኛ
Tigrinya
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lea fakatemole
Tongan
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Tamil
Tswana
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Tamilce
Turkish
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тамільська
Ukrainian
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Тамільська мова
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تمل
Urdu
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تامل
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تامىل تىلى
Uyghur
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Tamíli
Vai
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Tiếng Tamil
Vietnamese
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Kyitamil
Vunjo
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Tamiliš
Walser
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Tinamil
Waray
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Tamil
Welsh
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Tamileg
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Isi-Tamil
Xhosa
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nutámule
Yangben
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Èdè Tàmil
Yoruba
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Èdè Tamili
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Tamil senni
Zarma
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isi-Tamil
Zulu