The ASJP Database - Wordlist Tamil

Wordlist Tamil

Compiled by Cecil H. Brown

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: tami1289
ISO 639-3: tam

Coordinates WGS84

11°N, 78°30'E
11.00, 78.50

number of speakers	77,456,100
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Dra > Dravidian
Glottolog: Dravidian > Southdravidian > Southdravidiani > Tamil Kannada > Tamil Kota > Tamil Toda > Tamil Irula > Tamil Kodagu > Tamil Malayalam > Tamiloid > Tamil Paliyan
Ethnologue: Dravidian > Southern > Tamil Kannada > Tamil Kodagu > Tamil Malayalam > Tamil

Sources

Andronov 1964: Lexicostatistic analysis of the chronology of disintegration of proto-Dravidian. Indo-Iranian Journal 7(2-3). 170-186.