Language code: 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.

Code

ta

Name

Official

Tamil

Native

தமிழ்

Family
Southern
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tamil speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ta-IN Tamil (India)

ta-LK Tamil (Sri Lanka)

ta-MY Tamil (Malaysia)

ta-SG Tamil (Singapore)

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