Tamil people

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Tamil people are a Dravidian ethnic group native to South Asia, primarily associated with the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern and eastern Sri Lanka, known for their ancient history, rich literary and artistic traditions, and widespread global diaspora.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Tamil people canonical 30
Sri Lankan Tamils 12
Tamil Hindus 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (95)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian people
ethnic group
associatedWith Bharatanatyam
Carnatic music
Dravidian architecture
Tamil cinema
Tamil culture
Tamil literature
calendar Tamil calendar
classicalArtForm Tanjore painting
Temple architecture
classicalLanguage Tamil
classicalLiterature Sangam literature
classicalLiteraturePeriod Sangam period
linked to: Sangam literature
classicalWork Manimekalai
Silappatikaram
linked to: Cilappatikāram

Tirukkural
concentratedIn Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Indian state of Tamil Nadu
linked to: Tamil Nadu

Northern Province, Sri Lanka
culturalCapital Chennai
culturalIdentity Dravidian identity
Tamil nationalism
diaspora Canada
Fiji
Malaysia
Mauritius
Middle East
Réunion
Singapore
South Africa
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
United States
ethnonym Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
haveEthnicMinorityStatusIn Sri Lanka
haveOfficialLanguageStatusIn India
Singapore
Sri Lanka
historicalKingdom Chera dynasty
Chola dynasty
Pallava dynasty
Pandya dynasty
historicalRegion Tamilakam
language Tamil language
linked to: Tamil
languageFamily Dravidian languages
majorCity Coimbatore
Jaffna
Madurai
nativeTo South Asia
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu
notableAlvar Andal
Nammalvar
notablePhilosopher Thiruvalluvar
notableReligionPhilosophy Shaiva Siddhanta
notableSaint Appar
Manikkavacakar
Sundarar
politicalMovement Dravidian movement
politicalPartyInfluence All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
populationEstimate over 70 million
primaryReligion Shaivism
recognizedAs one of the largest ethnic groups in South Asia
religion Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
scriptDirection left-to-right
traditionalDance Bharatanatyam
traditionalDress Sari
Veshti
traditionalFestival Deepavali
linked to: Diwali

Pongal
Tamil New Year
Thai Pongal
linked to: Pongal
traditionalFood Dosa
Idli
Rasam
Sambar
traditionalMartialArt Silambam
traditionalMusic Carnatic music
traditionalReligionCenter Chidambaram
Madurai Meenakshi Temple
Palani Murugan Temple
Rameswaram
traditionalScripture Divya Prabandham
Tevaram
Tirumurai
traditionalSport Jallikattu
Kabaddi
traditionalTheatre Therukoothu
writingSystem Tamil script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil isCulturalLanguageOf Tamil people
Trincomalee hasEthnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna ethnicMajority Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna demographicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Batticaloa ethnicCommunity Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Colombo ethnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lanka ethnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lanka ethnicGroup Indian Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Tamil people ethnonym Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna Tamil usedBy Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna Tamil usedBy Jaffna Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Flag of Ceylon symbolizes Tamil people
Flag of Ceylon orangeStripeRepresents Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lankan American relatedTo Tamil American
linked to: Tamil people
Sinhalese people relatedEthnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Southern Province, Sri Lanka hasEthnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
South Asian ethnic groups includesEthnicGroup Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
South Asian ethnic groups includesEthnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ethnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Dravidian peoples majorEthnicGroup Tamil people
Kaanum Pongal celebratedBy Tamil people
Karthika Deepam celebratedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
Lakshmi Gandhi ethnicGroup Tamil people
Venkata usedInCommunity Tamil people
Bhogi observedBy Tamil people
Tamil culture ethnicGroupOf Tamil people
Tamil culture practicedIn Tamil diaspora
linked to: Tamil people
Valli ethnicAssociation Tamil people
Pazhamudircholai worshippedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
Thaipusam associatedWith Tamil people
Thaipusam associatedWith Tamil diaspora
linked to: Tamil people
Thaipusam observedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
Skanda Sashti observedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
Chera dynasty ethnicGroup Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Pandya dynasty ethnicGroup Tamils
linked to: Tamil people
Subramanya worshippedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
Shanmukha veneratedBy Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people
P. Subbarayan ethnicGroup Tamil people
Ancient Tamilakam traditionalInhabitants Tamil people
subject linked to: ancient Tamilakam
Tamil Sangams associatedWithPeople Tamil people
Tamilakam ethnolinguisticGroup Tamil people
Veshti associatedWithEthnicGroup Tamil people
Silambam ethnicOrigin Tamil people
Jallikattu languageCommunity Tamil people
Tamil calendar usedBy Tamil people
Tamil calendar usedBy Tamil diaspora
linked to: Tamil people
Seeman ethnicGroup Tamil people
Tamil New Year celebratedBy Tamils
linked to: Tamil people