Tamil
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Tamil may refer to:
- Tamil language, one of the Dravidian languages primarily spoken in South Asia
- Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language
- Tamil people
The word Tamil is also used as an adjective to qualify something "of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language."
The phrase Tamil country is used to refer to regions with a significant population of Tamil-speaking people. The extent of this region varies with time.
[edit] See also
- Tamil calendar
- Tamil cuisine
- Tamil diaspora The dispersion of Tamils who have settled in other parts of the world
- Tamil Eelam putative state
- Tamil films
- Tamil Jain
- Tamil literature
- Tamil martial arts
- Tamil Tigers (LTTE)
- Tamilakam Tamil countries, often Ancient Tamil country
- Jaffna Tamils Tamils living in Jaffna, a city located in Sri lanka
- Sri Lanka Tamils (Indian origin) Tamil people of Sri Lanka of more recent immigration
- Sri Lanka Tamils (native) Tamil people of Sri Lanka of ancient immigration
- Tamil people The Tamil people