Lingua Tamulica seu Tamil[1] (தமிழ் tamiḻ) est indigena Indiae et Taprobanes insulae sermo, qui ad divisionem australem familiae Dravidicae pertinet. Lingua Tamulica una est e duabus et viginti sermonibus Indiae schedulo enumeratis, unaque e quattuor "linguis classicis" hucusque pro gubernatione Indica laudatis. Causa migrationum recentiorum multi etiam in Malaesia et in insulis Singapura, Reunione, Mauritia hac lingua utuntur.
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