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What is the status of Tamil in the Constitution of India?
What is the status of Tamil in the Constitution of India?
Where is Tamil an official language?
Where is Tamil an official language?
In which countries is the Tamil diaspora found?
In which countries is the Tamil diaspora found?
According to A. K. Ramanujan, what does Tamil represent?
According to A. K. Ramanujan, what does Tamil represent?
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For how long has recorded Tamil literature been documented?
For how long has recorded Tamil literature been documented?
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When was the earliest period of Tamil literature, the Sangam literature, dated from?
When was the earliest period of Tamil literature, the Sangam literature, dated from?
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What is the classification of Tamil among the Dravidian languages?
What is the classification of Tamil among the Dravidian languages?
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When did the divergence between Tamil and Malayalam begin?
When did the divergence between Tamil and Malayalam begin?
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What is the earliest period of the attested history of the Tamil language?
What is the earliest period of the attested history of the Tamil language?
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Where have Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script been discovered?
Where have Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script been discovered?
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When were the two earliest manuscripts from India, acknowledged and registered by the UNESCO Memory of the World register, written in Tamil?
When were the two earliest manuscripts from India, acknowledged and registered by the UNESCO Memory of the World register, written in Tamil?
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Which Indian language has the most ancient non-Sanskritic Indian literature?
Which Indian language has the most ancient non-Sanskritic Indian literature?
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Who published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam in 1578?
Who published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam in 1578?
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How many newspapers were published in Tamil according to a 2001 survey?
How many newspapers were published in Tamil according to a 2001 survey?
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Where were ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions found in November 2007?
Where were ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions found in November 2007?
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What does material evidence suggest about the speakers of Proto-Dravidian?
What does material evidence suggest about the speakers of Proto-Dravidian?
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