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- Tamil_people abstract "Tamil people (Tamil: தமிழர், tamiḻar (singular) ?, or Tamil: தமிழர்கள், tamiḻarkaḷ (plural) ?), also known as Tamilans or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group, Tamil people with a population of about 77 million living around the world are found to be the largest and most ancient of the existing linguistic civilizations in the world that exist without a nation of their own. Tamils comprise 15.36% of the population in Sri Lanka, 5.91% in India, 5.83% in Mauritius and 5% of the population in Singapore. Populations are also found in former colonial subjects, where Tamils were among the principle forces in the struggle for independence at the South African Satyagraha and the Azad Hind movement in Malaysia. Gandhi was largely inspired by South African Tamils during the Indian independence movement. A United Nations Secretary-General's experts panel report suggests that at least 40,000 Tamil civilians could have been killed in the final phases of the Sri Lankan civil war, which has been branded as genocide by Tamil representatives and international NGO's.Thousands of years ago, urbanisation and mercantile activity along the western and eastern coast of what is today Kerala and Tamil Nadu led to the development of four large Tamil political states (Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallavas) and a number of smaller states warring amongst themselves for dominance. Between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD, Tamil people also produced native literature that came to be called Sangam literature.Tamils were noted for their martial, religious and mercantile activities beyond their native borders. Pandyas and Cholas were historically active in Sri Lanka. Pallava traders and religious leaders travelled to South East Asia and played an important role in the cultural Indianisation of the region. Locally developed scripts such as Grantha and Pallava script induced the development of many native scripts such as Khmer, Javanese and Thai.Tamil visual art is dominated by stylised Temple architecture in major centres and the productions of images of deities in stone and bronze. Chola bronzes, especially the Nataraja sculpture of the Chola period, have become notable as a symbol of Hinduism. Tamil performing arts are divided into popular and classical. Classical form is Bharatanatyam whereas the popular forms are known as Kuthus and performed in village temples and on street corners. Tamil cinema known as Kollywood is an important part of the Indian cinema industry. Music too is divided into classical Carnatic form and many popular genres. Although most Tamils are Hindus, most practice what is considered to be folk Hinduism, venerating a plethora of village deities. A sizeable number are Christians and Muslims. A small Jain community survives from the classical period as well. Tamil cuisine is informed by varied vegetarian and non-vegetarian items usually spiced with locally available spices. The music, the temple architecture and the stylised sculptures favoured by the Tamil people as in their ancient nation are still being learnt and practised. English historian and broadcaster Michael Wood called the Tamils the last surviving classical civilisation on Earth, because the Tamil mainstream preserved substantial elements of their past regarding belief, culture, music and literature despite of the modern globalised world.".
- Tamil_people language Tamil_language.
- Tamil_people related Dravidian_peoples.
- Tamil_people religion Hinduism.
- Tamil_people religion Islam.
- Tamil_people thumbnail Tiruvalluvar_Statue_Kanyakumari_140x190.jpg?width=300.
- Tamil_people totalPopulation "77000000".
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink TamilSociety.org.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink peopling.html.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink future_ant4_1.pdf.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink show_language.asp?code=tam.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink 18160950.htm.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink 2005021704471300.htm.
- Tamil_people wikiPageExternalLink ce.html.
- Tamil_people wikiPageID "300548".
- Tamil_people wikiPageRevisionID "606315055".
- Tamil_people group "Tamil people".
- Tamil_people group "Tamilarkal".
- Tamil_people group "தமிழர்கள்".
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- Tamil_people indic "தமிழர்".
- Tamil_people indic "தமிழர்கள்".
- Tamil_people lang "ta".
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- Tamil_people pop "1396000".
- Tamil_people pop "3113247".
- Tamil_people pop "60793814".
- Tamil_people poptime "77000000".
- Tamil_people related "Dravidians Telugus Kannadigas Tuluvas Malayalis Indo-Aryans Giraavarus Sinhalese".
- Tamil_people religions "Predominantly: Hinduism Minorities: Islam Christianity Jainism Buddhism Atheism".
- Tamil_people trans "tamiḻar".
- Tamil_people trans "tamiḻarkaḷ".
- Tamil_people subject Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Tamil_people subject Category:Dravidian_peoples.
- Tamil_people subject Category:Ethnic_groups_in_India.
- Tamil_people subject Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Malaysia.
- Tamil_people subject Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Sri_Lanka.
- Tamil_people subject Category:Tamil_people.
- Tamil_people type Abstraction100002137.
- Tamil_people type DravidianPeoples.
- Tamil_people type EthnicGroup107967382.
- Tamil_people type EthnicGroupsInIndia.
- Tamil_people type EthnicGroupsInSriLanka.
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- Tamil_people type People107942152.
- Tamil_people type EthnicGroup.
- Tamil_people type CommunityOrganization.
- Tamil_people type Collective.
- Tamil_people comment "Tamil people (Tamil: தமிழர், tamiḻar (singular) ?, or Tamil: தமிழர்கள், tamiḻarkaḷ (plural) ?), also known as Tamilans or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group, Tamil people with a population of about 77 million living around the world are found to be the largest and most ancient of the existing linguistic civilizations in the world that exist without a nation of their own.".
- Tamil_people label "Tamil (popolo)".
- Tamil_people label "Tamil (pueblo)".
- Tamil_people label "Tamil people".
- Tamil_people label "Tamilen".
- Tamil_people label "Tamilowie".
- Tamil_people label "Tamils".
- Tamil_people label "Tamouls".
- Tamil_people label "Tâmeis".
- Tamil_people label "Тамилы".
- Tamil_people label "تامليون".
- Tamil_people label "タミル".
- Tamil_people label "泰米尔人".
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamilové.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamilen.
- Tamil_people sameAs Ταμίλ_(λαός).
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamil_(pueblo).
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamil.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamouls.
- Tamil_people sameAs Suku_Tamil.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamil_(popolo).
- Tamil_people sameAs タミル.
- Tamil_people sameAs 타밀족.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamils.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamilowie.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tâmeis.
- Tamil_people sameAs m.01rv7x.
- Tamil_people sameAs Q173491.
- Tamil_people sameAs Q173491.
- Tamil_people sameAs Tamil_people.
- Tamil_people wasDerivedFrom Tamil_people?oldid=606315055.
- Tamil_people depiction Tiruvalluvar_Statue_Kanyakumari_140x190.jpg.
- Tamil_people isPrimaryTopicOf Tamil_people.
- Tamil_people name "Tamil people".
- Tamil_people name "Tamilarkal".
- Tamil_people name "தமிழர்கள்".