Indian Tamil
Language Profile
TOTAL SPEAKERS
Indian Tamil is spoken by 77 million people all over the world.
USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)
India
BACKGROUND
Indian Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu in India and many parts of the world like Singapore, Mauritius, Srilanka. Though Srilankan Tamil is also more or less the same it is a kind of dialect, spoken exclusively by the Srilankans. Their written format is different from the style adopted by the Indian Tamils in India or elsewhere. Many times the former dialect is difficult for Indian Tamils.