Tamil is one of the two classical languages of India. It is the only language in that country which has continued to exist for over two thousand years. It is spoken today by approximately 65 million people living mainly in southern India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Africa, Fiji, the West Indies, Mauritius and Reunion Islands, United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Tamil is the pre-eminent member of the Dravidian Language family and has one of the longest unbroken literary traditions of any living language in the world.
Dravidian languages, family of about 23 languages that appears to be unrelated to any other known language family. The Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 200 million people, living chiefly in S and central India and N Sri Lanka. The four major Dravidian languages are Kannada, having over 40 million speakers; Malayalam, having about 35 million speakers; Tamil, with almost 70 million speakers; and Telugu, with over 70 million speakers. Each of these languages has a noteworthy literature of considerable age. Brahui, another of the Dravidian group, has close to 1 million speakers, in Baluchistan. It is thought that the Dravidian tongues are derived from a language spoken in India prior to the invasion of the Aryans c.1500 B.C. Dravidian languages are noted for retroflex and liquid sound types. The Dravidian languages have their own alphabets, which go back to a common source that is related to the Devanagari alphabet used for Sanskrit. Brahui, however, is recorded in the Arabic script.

.....Here are some Online Tamil Resources

Tamil Online Resources
Tamil Literature Resources
Tamil History Related Links
Tamil/Dravidian Classical (Carnatic) Music
Tamil Classical and Traditional dances
Tamil Cuisine links
Tamil Portals
Tamil Cinema Portals
Tamil Radio Services
Tamil Eelam related links
Tamil Associations around the World
Tamil Magazines and Papers Online

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Tamil Cultural and Informational Links

Tamil Online Resources

Tamil Related Web Sites

Project Madurai

INtermational TAmils Motivational Movement

Tamil Software

Tamil Electronic Library

Any Tamil

Tamil Resources

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Tamil Literature Resources

Currently available Electronic Texts

A Collection of Literature Links

Chronological Listing of Tamil Literature
          Part I (...BC - 17th C. AD)
          Part II (18th C - 20th C. AD)

Literary Works

Finnish epic Kalevala in Tamil

English Translations of Tamil Works:

Search Classical Tamil Literature

Bharathiyar's songs

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Tamil History Related Links

Collection of History related articles

Religious Traditions of the Tamils

Brief review of history and features

Chronological list of Rulers

History of Thanjavur City

Greatest King in Tamil History

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Carnatic Music

Introduction to Carnatic Music

Carnatic.com

Sangeetham.com

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Tamil Classical and Traditional dances

Folk Dances of Tamil Nadu

Dances of India

Bharatanatyam

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Tamil Cuisine links

Indian recipe collection

Spicy South Indian Dishes

Amma's Indian Recipes

Recipe Collections

Indian recipes

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Tamil Portals

Tamil Canadian

Tamil.Com

Ambalam.com

Kalavi.com

Siffy Tamil Portal

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Tamil Cinema Portals

Dool.com

Raaga.com

TamilCinema.com

Thirai Ambalam

Tamil Movies Online

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Tamil Radio Services

Shakthi FM from Sri Lanka

Canadian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation

Mostly Tamil (California Based)

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Tamil Eelam related links

Tamil Eelam Page

Tamil Net

Eelam Web

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Tamil Associations around the World

USA

World Tamil Association

List of Tamil Associations

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Tamil Magazines and Papers Online
you might need to download fonts for few of these links

Kumudam

Anantha Vikatan

Kalki

Dinamani india

Dinakaran India

Thinaboomi India

Pathivugal Canada

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