Tamil

• Alternate names: Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
• Scriptures published: Bible (1727--2002) New Testament (1715--1998) Portions (1714--1956)
• Literacy: Taught in primary schools. Y
• Primary country: India
• Region: Tamil Nadu and neighboring states
• Also used in: Bahrain, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Malaysia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Qatar, Reunion, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
• Religion: Hindu, Muslim
• Status: Statutory provincial language in India; Statutory language of national identity in Malaysia; Recognized language in Singapore; Statutory national language in Sri Lanka
• Number of users: 68,763,360

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Tamil
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Tamil on the web
• Joshua Project: Tamil — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Tamil — detailed linguistic information.