Tamil language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tamil_language

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Proto-Dravidian gptkb:Old_Tamil
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Sri_Lankan gptkb:Jaffna_Tamil gptkb:Kongu_Tamil gptkb:Malaysian_Tamil gptkb:Singaporean_Tamil Madurai Tamil
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Malay gptkb:Sanskrit English Portuguese
gptkbp:hasPhonology	rich vowel and consonant system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tamil language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	ta
gptkbp:ISO15924	Taml
gptkbp:ISO639-3	tam
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Dravidian_languages
gptkbp:languageStatus	minority language in Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, Réunion, UK, Canada, US official language in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore
gptkbp:linguisticTypology	agglutinative
gptkbp:literaryTradition	over 2000 years
gptkbp:nativeTo	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Fiji gptkb:India gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:Singapore gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Réunion
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Subramania_Bharati gptkb:Avvaiyar gptkb:Thiruvalluvar gptkb:Kambar gptkb:Ilango_Adigal
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Tirukkural gptkb:Akananuru gptkb:Manimekalai gptkb:Purananuru gptkb:Silappatikaram gptkb:Tolkāppiyam
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 75 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Puducherry gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:oldestUniversityIn	Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:recordedAt	2nd century BCE
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Tamil_Virtual_Academy gptkb:Academy_of_Tamil_Language_(Singapore)
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Fiji gptkb:India gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:Singapore gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Réunion
gptkbp:status	classical language of India
gptkbp:supportsLanguage	ta
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	classical language
gptkbp:unicodeBlock	U+0B80–U+0BFF
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:government gptkb:literature gptkb:media education
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Tamil_script left-to-right
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tamil_Virtual_Academy gptkb:Tamil_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5