<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tamil is written in a non-Latin script . Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tamil is written in a non-Latin script . Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard . </Td> </Tr> <P> Tamil (English: / ˈtæmɪl /; தமிழ் Tamiḻ (t̪ɐmɨɻ), pronunciation (help info)) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians . Tamil is an official language of two countries: Sri Lanka and Singapore . It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry . It is used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin . Tamil is spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India . </P> <P> Tamil is one of the longest - surviving classical languages in the world . It is stated as 20th in the Ethnologue list of most - spoken languages worldwide . Tamil - Brahmi inscriptions from 500 BC have been found on Adichanallur and 2,200 - year - old Tamil - Brahmi inscriptions have been found on Samanamalai . A study conducted by Germany's Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History found that the Dravidian language family, of which Tamil is a part, may be approximately 4000--4500 years old . It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past ." The variety and quality of classical Tamil literature has led to it being described as "one of the great classical traditions and literature of the world". </P>

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