ta
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ta
The table below provides technical details for the Tamil language, designated by the ta
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family, specifically to the Southern subgroup. It is the official language of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India, and is also an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore. Tamil is written using the Tamil script. It is estimated that there are between 70 and 90 million Tamil speakers worldwide.
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tamil speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
ta-IN
– Tamil (India)
ta-LK
– Tamil (Sri Lanka)
ta-MY
– Tamil (Malaysia)
ta-SG
– Tamil (Singapore)
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