Deleng sumberé Wong Tamil

{{Infobox ethnic group|group=Wong Tamils|native_name='''தமிழர்'''|native_name_lang=ta/TA|image=Tamil bride and groom performing 'மெட்டி அணிதல்'.jpg|image_caption=Pengantin Tamil melakukan upacara 'Metti Anida'|population=77 million<br> Penutur asli, di seluruh dunia|region1={{Flag|India}}|pop1=69,026,881 (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42561|title=Census of India 2011 - LANGUAGE ATLAS - INDIA|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>|region2={{Flag|Sri Lanka}}|pop2=3,135,770 (2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 – Table A3: Population by district, ethnic group and sex |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport/Population/Table%20A3.pdf |publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}</ref>|region3={{Flag|Malaysia}}|pop3=1,800,000|ref3=<ref name="ethnologue.com">{{Ethnologue19|tam|Tamil}}</ref>|region4={{Flag|United States}}|pop4=238,699+|ref4=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/acs-5yr.html |title="Commuting Times, Median Rents and Language other than English Use" |publisher=Census.gov |date=2017-12-07 |accessdate=2022-08-03}}</ref>|region5={{Flag|Canada}}|pop5=237,890 (2021)|ref5=<ref name="canada2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-08-17 |title=Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810021701 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Statistic includes all speakers of the [[Tamil language]], as many [[Immigrant generations|multi-generation]] individuals do not speak the language as a [[Mother-tongue|mother tongue]], but instead as a [[Second language|second]] or [[Third language acquisition|third language]].}}|region6={{Flag|Singapore}}|pop6=198,449 (2020)|ref6=<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Demographic Characteristics: Table 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex|url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/publications_and_papers/cop2010/census_2010_release1/excel/t1-11.xls|work=Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion |publisher=Department of Statistics, Singapore|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908091821/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/publications_and_papers/cop2010/census_2010_release1/excel/t1-11.xls|archive-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170120210625/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/publications/publications_and_papers/GHS/ghs2015/ghs2015.pdf General Household Survey 2015 - Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore], Web.archive.org</ref>{{refn|group=note|Note: The Singapore Tamil population data excludes Tamils who were unable to speak and those in one-person households
and households comprising only unrelated persons.}}|region7=Other|pop7=Lihat [[Diaspora Tamil]]|langs=[[Basa Tamil]]|religions=[[File:Tamil Om.svg|15px]] [[Hindhu]] <br />''{{hlist |  [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]] [[Islam]] | [[File:Christian cross.svg|12px]] [[Kristen

]] | [[File:Dharma Wheel.svg|18px]] [[Agama Buddha]] | [[File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg|12px]] [[Jainisme]]}}|related=[[Wong Dravidia]]}}
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'''Wong Tamil'''iku saka suku Dravida. Keturunan saka warisan kuno [[Indhi]]. Paling akeh manggon ing wilayah Tamil Nadu lan Puducherry ing India Selatan, uga ing [[Sri Lanka]]. [[Basa Tamil]] iku salah siji basa klasik sing paling tuwa ing donya, kanthi sejarah luwih saka 2000 taun.<ref name="Circulation and the Historical Geog">{{Citation|last1=Stein|first1=B.|title=Circulation and the Historical Geography of Tamil Country|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=37|issue=1|pages=7–26|year=1977|doi=10.2307/2053325|jstor=2053325|s2cid=144599197 }}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Steever|1998|pp=6–9}}</ref>
Wong Tamil ana 15,36% saka pedunung ing [[Sri Lanka]]; 5,91% ing [[Indhi]]; 5,83% ing Mauritius; 5% ing [[Singapura]]; lan 5,7% ing [[Malaysia]]. Ing [[Indhonésia]], ana 75 ewu wong Tamil, sing ana sing nikah lan sing durung. Ana 40 ewu wong Tamil manggon ing [[Sumatra Lor]].<ref name="tn">{{en}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20160310164546/http://www.tamilnation.co/diaspora/indonesia.htm Diaspora Tamil in Indonesia] - Tamil Nation. Dikunjungi 15 Januari 2015.</ref>

Wong Tamil nduweni pengaruh gedhe liwat perdagangan regional ing saindenging Samudra Hindia. Tulisan Tamil wiwit ana ing jaman agama [[Hindhu]]. Wong Tamil uga ana sing dadi [[Kristen]] lan Muslim.

Wong Tamil duwe sejarah gedhe karo kerajaan [[Chola]], Chera, Pandya, lan Pallava. Wong Tamil uga nyebarake budaya ing Asia Tenggara.
==Basa==
[[File:WLA lacma 12th century Maharishi Agastya.jpg|170px|thumb|left|[[Maha Rsi Agastya]] (Tamil: அகத்தியர்) iku guru saka India Selatan. Resi Agastya uga dihormati ing agama Hindu ing Asia Tenggara, kalebu ing Jawa lan Indonesia.]]
Wong Tamil misuwur lan rembugan nganggo basa Tamil, sing dihormati ing sastra minangka Tamil̲an̲n̲ai, 'ibu Tamil.' Basa Tamil, wiwit jaman biyen nganti saiki, dadi pusat identitas wong Tamil. Sastra Tamil sing tuwa banget iki dadi dhasar keputusan pamaréntah India kanggo ngakoni basa Tamil minangka basa klasik.

[[Basa Tamil]] uga dadi basa resmi ing negara bagean [[Tamil Nadu]] lan [[Puducherry]] ing India, uga ing negara [[Sri Lanka]] lan [[Singapura]]

==Wong Tamil ing Indonesia==
[[File:Perhimpunan Shri Mariamman (Mariamman Hindu Temple), Medan.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Klenteng Shri Mariamman ing Medan dibangun dening wong Tamil lokal.]]
Wong Tamil ing Indonesia minangka bagian saka diaspora India, kanthi asal-usulé saka India Selatan. Wong Tamil miwiti migrasi menyang Indonesia pirang-pirang abad kepungkur, utamane liwat jalur perdagangan ing Samudra India. Pengaruh Tamil tekan Asia Tenggara kira-kira ing abad pertama, dibantu dening pedagang lan sarjana Tamil sing nyumbang ing pertukaran budaya lan agama ing wilayah iki.

Sajrone jaman kerajaan Srivijaya lan Majapahit, wong Tamil nduweni peran penting ing perdagangan lan komersial. Ing abad kaping 19, nalika jaman penjajahan Walanda, gelombang migrasi Tamil luwih akeh, utamane kanggo kerj

Kebanyakan saka wong Tamil manggon ing [[Kutha Médan]], [[Sumatra Lor]], nalika ana komunitas cilik ing wilayah liya ing negara iki kaya [[Jakarta]], Aceh, Riau, lan Kepulauan Riau.<ref name="TAMIL">""[http://tamilnation.co/diaspora/indonesia.htm Tamils - a Trans State Nation, Indonesia]", Tamilnation.org, 15 August 2011.</ref>

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