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Old Tamil

Ancient form of the modern Tamil language spanning 3rd BCE to 7th C.E
Class type of: Tamil languages Q20987452
Old Tamil
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
dead language, ancient language[3]
Country
India[2]
Subclass of
Tamil languages[4]
Indigenous to
Tamilakkam[10]
Native label
𑀧𑀵𑀦𑁰𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰, பழந்தமிழ்[8][9]
Writing system
Tamil-Brahmi script, Vatteluttu, Pallava[5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ancient Tamil en Old Tamil language en Old Tamil ar التملية القديمة de alttamilische Sprache de Alttamilisch de Alt-Tamil de Alttamil es antiguo tamil es tamil antiguo he טמילית עתיקה hi प्राचीन तमिल id Bahasa Tamil Kuno ja 古タミル語 ko 고대 타밀어 pl język starotamilski ru старый тамильский язык tr Eski Tamilce tr oty zh 古泰米尔语
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Exact match
publications.europa.eu
Glottolog code
oldt1248
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bwdv45k0
IETF language tag
oty
ISO 639-3 code
oty
Linguist List code
oty
Quora topic ID
Ancient-Tamil-1
Topic's main category
Category:Old Tamil language

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🔗 Connections
← Language of work or name 8
Tamil-Brahmi script, Tamil bell, Dravidian folk religion, Naṟṟiṇai, Akanaṉūṟu, list of Hindu texts, Pillayar Suzhi, Indo-Aryan Loanwords in Old Tamil
← Writing language 3
Thiruvalluvar, Kaumaram, Thiruvathira
Instance of 2
dead language, ancient language
← Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Thiruvalluvar, Three Crowned Kings
Belongs to 1
Tamil languages
Subclass of 1
Tamil languages
Topic's main category 1
Category:Old Tamil language
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Old Tamil lemmas
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Old Tamil language
← Native language 1
Thiruvalluvar
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Summary

Old Tamil is a dead language[1].

Related Entities

Thiruvalluvar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Old Tamil language
    Subclass of → Tamil languages
    Image → Old Tamil.png
    Instance of → dead language, ancient language
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