Tamizh

原名： Tamizh | 别名： Pandi,Paandi,Pakoda Pandi,Pasanga Pandi,Pakkada Pandi,Thamizh

Region： India, Tamil Nadu, , Union territory of Puducherry (Puducherry and Karaikal districts), , Kerala, , Karnataka (south), , Andhra Pradesh (south), , Andaman and Nicobar Islands, , , Sri Lanka, Northern Province, , Eastern Province, , Central Province

Dialects： Eelam, , Malesiyat, , Bunagurr, , Iyengar, , Kongu, , Chennai, , Madurai, , Tiruneveli, , Estate, , Central, , Brahmin, , Arwi, , Malabar †

Speakers： L1: 79 million (2011–2019), L2: 7.6 million (2011), Total: 86 million (2011–2019)

Ethnicity： Tamils, , Sri Lankan Moors

Glottolog： tami1289 Modern Tamil, oldt1248 Old Tamil

ISO 639-1： ta

ISO 639-2： tam

ISO 639-3： Either:, tam – Modern Tamil, oty – Old Tamil

Native to： India, , Sri Lanka, , Malaysia, , Singapore

Early forms： Old Tamil, Middle Tamil

Linguasphere： 49-EBE-a

Signed forms： Signed Tamil

Linguist List： oty Old Tamil

Pronunciation： [t̪amiɻ] ⓘ

Regulated by： India, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, , Department of Tamil Development and Information (Tamil Nadu), , International Institute of Tamil Studies, , Tamil University, , World Tamil Sangam, Sri Lanka, Department of Official Languages, Singapore, Tamil Language Council, Malaysia, Malaysian Tamil Language Standardisation Council, Canada and United States, Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America

Writing system： Tamil script, , Tamil-Brahmi script (historical), , Grantha script (historical), , Vatteluttu script (historical), , Pallava script (historical), , Kolezhuthu script (historical), , Arabic script (Arwi), , Latin script (informal), , Tamil Braille (Bharati)

Language family： Dravidian, Southern, Southern I, Tamil–Kannada, Tamil–Kota, Tamil–Toda, Tamil–Irula, Tamil–Kodava–Urali, Tamil–Malayalam, Tamiloid, Tamil–Paliyan, Tamil

Official language in： India, Tamil Nadu, , Puducherry, , , Sri Lanka, , Singapore

Recognised minoritylanguage in： South Africa[a], , Malaysia