Tamil language
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tamil-language-188-7729511
title:
Tamil language
text:
Tamil is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India, along with Sanskrit, attested since c. 300 BCE. The term "Tamil" has its origins in the ancient Tamil Sangams, where it was first recorded in the Tholkappiyam around the 2nd century BCE. The language belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family and shares close ties with Malayalam and Kannada. Despite external influences, Tamil h
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Dravidian language native to South India and Sri Lanka
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
date created:
2001-03-21T00:22:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T02:53:10Z
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