Tamil தமிழ் | |
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Script type | |
Time period | c. 580 BCE – present[1][2] |
Direction | Left-to-right ![]() |
Languages | Tamil Kanikkaran Badaga Irula Paniya Saurashtra |
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Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Grantha, Old Mon, Khmer, Cham, Kawi |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Taml (346), Tamil |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Tamil |
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Brahmic scripts |
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The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an Old tamil script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere to write the Tamil language.[5] It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. Certain minority languages such as Saurashtra, Badaga, Irula and Paniya are also written in the Tamil script.The analysis of carbon samples collected from the Keeladi Excavations resulted as 6th century BCE (580 BCE). Likewise, the date of Tamil-Brahmii or Dhamili script is pushed back to 6th century BCE that is a century earlier than the hitherto held view of 5th century BCE.Tamili discovered in materials such as pots used by common people. Therefore common people knew to read and write the language as early as 600 BCE. [6]
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