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|name = Tamil
|name = Tamil
|region = [[South India]]
|region = [[South India]]
|Script. = தமிழி
|Script. = Tamili
|fam2 = Southern
|fam2 = Southern
|fam3 = Tamil–Kodagu
|fam3 = Tamil–Kodagu

Revision as of 23:59, 4 October 2019

Tamil
Geographic
distribution
South India
Linguistic classificationDefault
  • Southern
    • Tamil–Kodagu
      • Tamil–Malayalam
        • Tamil
Language codes
Glottologtami1299

The Tamil languages are one of the independent language,most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are:

Arwi is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.

Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages.

References