Language:  Tamil

Approximate Global Speakers

78,487,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

219

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PRIMARY Language
(219 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Dravida India 8,753,000
Adi Dravida Christian India 667,000
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar India 2,200
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 8,900
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 741,000
Agamudaiyan Udayar India 9,900
 Agamudaiyan unspecified Sri Lanka 9,400
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 260,000
 Alavan India 8,700
 Ambalavasi Sri Lanka 16,000
Ambalavasi Kambalattu India 3,400
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker India 13,000
Ambattan Sri Lanka 16,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 190,000
Ambattan Christian India 5,200
 Arunthathiyar India 1,131,000
 Arwa Mala India 99,000
Bakuda India 15,000
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,700
 Bania Chetti Sri Lanka 6,500
 Bania Chetti India 849,000
 Bania unspecified Sri Lanka 9,700
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 1,400
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 46,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 400
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 14,000
 Boya Sri Lanka 17,000
Brahmin Ashtashasram India 41,000
 Brahmin Christian India 5,100
Brahmin Dikshitar India 26,000
Brahmin Dravida India 143,000
Brahmin Indian Tamil Sri Lanka 32,000
 Brahmin Iyer India 348,000
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 29,000
Brahmin Sholiar India 54,000
 Brahmin Tamil India 558,000
 Brahmin unspecified Sri Lanka 4,400
Brahmin Vadama India 52,000
Chackaravar India 37,000
Chackaravar Christian India 5,500
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 4,900
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) India 138,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 28,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India 1,016,000
Chayakkaran India 48,000
 Devendrakulathan India 97,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 11,000
 East Indian Guadeloupe 3,800
Eravallan India 9,300
 Hajam Sri Lanka 5,000
 Hill Pulayan India 118,000
Idayan Sri Lanka 9,500
Idayan India 81,000
 Ilavan Sri Lanka 71,000
Ilavan Christian Sri Lanka 11,000
Ilavan Christian India 139,000
Indian Tamil Sri Lanka 10,000
Kadaiyar India 17,000
 Kaikolan Sri Lanka 81,000
 Kaikolan India 2,752,000
 Kallan Sri Lanka 18,000
Kallan Tondaman India 479,000
 Kallan unspecified India 978,000
Karaiyar Sri Lanka 201,000
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 3,500
 Kattunayakan India 72,000
Kavara India 92,000
Kavathi India 23,000
Kavathi Christian India 4,700
Kepmaris India 1,100
Koliyan India 7,200
Koviar Sri Lanka 217,000
Koviyar Sri Lanka 1,200
Kuda Korava India 1,900
 Kudumban India 37,000
 Kudumi India 337,000
 Kumhar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,500
Kuravan (Christian traditions) India 17,000
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 4,100
Madari (Hindu traditions) India 310,000
Malakkuravan India 19,000
Malakuravan India 1,400
Malasar India 12,000
 Malayali India 416,000
Malayan, tribe India 53,000
Maniyattikkaran India 4,800
Marakkalage Sri Lanka 9,100
 Maravan Sri Lanka 103,000
 Maravan India 3,393,000
Maravar Sri Lanka 89,000
 Mudugar India 2,200
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 1,100
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 43,000
Mutali India 47,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 9,300
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,452,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,390,000
 Nair Sri Lanka 4,200
Nalavar Sri Lanka 46,000
Navait Sri Lanka 18,000
 Navithan Sri Lanka 22,000
 Navithan India 899,000
Osta (Nasuva) Sri Lanka 8,400
Pagadai India 9,500
 Paliyan India 12,000
Palla Sri Lanka 33,000
Pallan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 7,000
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 530,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 47,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) India 2,702,000
Pallar Sri Lanka 71,000
Palleyan India 2,300
Palliwilli Sri Lanka 2,300
Palliyan India 7,300
Palliyar India 7,000
 Panan Sri Lanka 5,200
 Panan India 277,000
Panikkan India 41,000
Panna Sri Lanka 33,000
 Pannadi India 8,400
Panniandi India 13,000
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 16,000
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 901,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 105,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,490,000
Paraiyar Sri Lanka 72,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 45,000
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 1,800
 Pashtun, Pathan Sri Lanka 42,000
Patnulkaran India 1,200
Pondicherry Catholic India 51,000
 Primanar Sri Lanka 74,000
 Pulayan Sri Lanka 4,700
 Puthirai Vannan India 31,000
Sali Pattariyan India 3,600
 Sali, Seriyar Sri Lanka 3,500
 Samban Sri Lanka 1,400
 Samban India 24,000
Sayankulam India 1,300
 Sayyid Sri Lanka 51,000
Semman Sri Lanka 1,200
Semman India 5,500
 Shaikh Sri Lanka 207,000
Silpi Sri Lanka 3,500
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,400
Sri Lanka Chetti Sri Lanka 6,500
 Sri Lanka Moor Sri Lanka 493,000
 Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lanka 9,600
 Tamil Australia 77,000
 Tamil Maldives 800
 Tamil Netherlands 21,000
 Tamil (Christian traditions) Martinique 6,900
 Tamil (Christian traditions) Reunion 49,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Bahrain 37,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Canada 28,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Fiji 80,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Myanmar (Burma) 150,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Germany 34,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Italy 29,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Mauritius 1,200
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Oman 12,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Malaysia 1,993,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) New Zealand 11,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Qatar 26,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Saudi Arabia 73,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) South Africa 33,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Singapore 112,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Thailand 36,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) United States 93,000
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) Vietnam 9,800
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 1,174,000
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,463,000
 Tamil, Jaffna Malaysia 34,000
Tattar Sri Lanka 6,100
 Teli (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 4,800
Thacher Sri Lanka 3,200
Thanakavar Sri Lanka 2,500
Thimilar Sri Lanka 22,000
 Tholuva Naicker India 1,100
Tiruvalluvar India 1,700
 Valluvan Sri Lanka 3,100
 Valluvan India 125,000
Vaniyan Sri Lanka 18,000
Vaniyan India 1,057,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 3,800
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 173,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 103,000
Vannar Sri Lanka 17,000
 Vanniyan Sri Lanka 37,000
 Vanniyan India 13,734,000
Vanniyan Agnikula India 669,000
Vanniyan Kalingi India 38,000
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma India 75,000
Vanniyan Kotton India 19,000
Vanniyan Thigala India 55,000
Vanniyar Sri Lanka 104,000
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) India 5,800
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) India 10,000
 Vellalan Sri Lanka 31,000
Vellalan Isai India 160,000
Vellalan Kongu India 25,000
Vellalan Mudaliar India 50,000
Vellalan Nanchilnattu India 227,000
Vellalan Nanjanad India 220,000
Vellalan Pattanavan India 11,000
Vellalan Sozhia India 167,000
Vellalan Tondamandalam India 228,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 1,800,000
Vellalan Virakodi India 136,000
Vellalar Sri Lanka 1,208,000
Vetan (Hindu traditions) India 71,000
Vettakkaran India 5,800
Vettar Sri Lanka 3,100
Vettiyan India 500
 Vettuvan Gounder India 1,800
 Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,400
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 7,500
  Totals:  219     127
SECONDARY Language
(285 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 361,000
Adi Andhra Christian India 43,000
 Adi Karnataka India 3,472,000
 Adiyan India 19,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 52,000
 Ambalavasi India 185,000
 Andh India 584,000
Anglo Indian India 158,000
 Ansari India 12,713,000
Anuppan India 1,200
Arandan India 600
Arasar India 19,000
Arasar Christian India 65,000
 Arasu India 56,000
 Aray Mala India 5,000
Arayan India 243,000
 Ayyanavar India 19,000
 Badaga India 261,000
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,815,000
 Bagata India 175,000
 Baha'i India 15,000
 Baira India 8,800
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,203,000
Balagai India 10,000
 Balija (Hindu traditions) India 1,803,000
Balija Bolla India 86,000
 Bania Agarwal India 5,822,000
 Bania Mahesri India 443,000
 Bania Mahur India 1,038,000
 Bania Oswal India 501,000
 Bania Porwal India 394,000
 Bania unspecified India 17,064,000
 Banijiga India 897,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,234,000
 Basor India 1,101,000
Bathada India 3,600
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,437,000
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,008,000
 Bhil unspecified India 14,662,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 5,941,000
Bhottada India 552,000
 Bhumij India 1,339,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,884,000
 Boya India 4,519,000
 Brahmin Acharya India 89,000
 Brahmin Deshastha India 670,000
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 337,000
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,675,000
 Brahmin Joshi India 452,000
Brahmin Mahratta India 561,000
Brahmin Nambudiri India 112,000
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India 169,000
Brahmin Potti India 32,000
 Brahmin Saraswat India 719,000
 Brahmin unspecified India 34,992,000
 Brahmin Velanadu India 140,000
 Budega Jangam India 348,000
Byari (Beary) India 542,000
 Chalvadi India 254,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,787,000
Chavalakkaran India 25,000
Chavalakkaran Christian India 4,600
 Chenchu India 82,000
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 447,000
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) India 50,000
Cherumar Christian India 535,000
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) India 74,000
 Chodhara India 10,000
 Christian India 1,504,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,484,000
Devadasi India 24,000
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 182,000
 Devanga India 582,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,331,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,673,000
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,156,000
 Dhodia India 814,000
Dom (Dombara) India 87,000
 Domar (Hindu traditions) India 2,574,000
 Dubla unspecified India 463,000
 Dudekula India 11,000
 Gandla India 86,000
 Gangakula India 1,844,000
 Gavara India 21,000
Godda India 3,000
 Gond unspecified India 10,191,000
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) India 37,000
 Gowdulu India 11,000
 Hajam India 2,368,000
 Hakki Pikki India 29,000
 Halba India 872,000
 Hasalaru India 30,000
Hasla India 1,500
 Ho India 1,283,000
 Holar India 195,000
 Ilavan India 6,754,000
Ilavaniyan India 37,000
Ilavathi India 63,000
Ilayathu India 40,000
 Irular India 233,000
Iruliga India 16,000
Jaggali India 13,000
 Jenu Kuruba India 56,000
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,816,000
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) India 98,000
 Kadan India 5,000
Kadu Kuruba India 28,000
 Kaikadi India 402,000
 Kakkalan India 16,000
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 2,614,000
 Kalal Idiga India 2,093,000
Kalladi India 49,000
Kammara India 145,000
Kanakkan India 304,000
 Kanikkaran India 30,000
 Kaniyan India 122,000
 Kapu Reddi India 4,246,000
 Kapu unspecified India 14,045,000
Karimpalan India 24,000
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) India 783,000
 Kathodi India 374,000
 Kawar India 1,194,000
Keralamuthali India 6,100
Keralamuthali Christian India 3,700
 Kharwar India 677,000
 Kisan India 1,942,000
 Kol India 2,102,000
 Kolha India 849,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,682,000
 Koli Mahadev India 2,001,000
 Konda Kapu India 25,000
 Konda Reddi India 146,000
Kootan India 11,000
 Koracha, caste India 85,000
Koracha, tribal India 21,000
Korama Kunchi India 61,000
 Korama unspecified India 139,000
 Kori India 3,087,000
 Korku India 1,209,000
 Korwa India 535,000
 Koshti India 1,329,000
 Kota India 800
 Koya unspecified India 783,000
Krishnanvak India 71,000
Kudiya India 3,700
 Kui Khond India 1,585,000
 Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 18,743,000
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,725,000
Kunchatiga India 452,000
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 497,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 22,664,000
 Kuruba India 4,896,000
 Kuruman India 63,000
 Lingayat India 4,092,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,351,000
 Madasi Kuruva India 9,900
 Mahratta unspecified India 31,574,000
Maila India 3,100
 Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,764,000
 Mala Dasari India 34,000
Mala Pulayan India 83,000
Mala Urali India 7,500
 Malabar Catholic India 3,195,000
Malai Arayan India 40,000
Malai Pandaram India 4,600
 Malai Vedan India 20,000
Malaikudi India 11,000
 Malayali Sri Lanka 800
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,600
Malayan, caste India 41,000
Malayarayar India 3,500
Malayekandi India 2,100
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 12,552,000
 Mangala India 2,199,000
 Mannan, caste India 332,000
Mannan, tribal India 12,000
 Mappila India 10,436,000
Marakkan (Christian traditions) India 6,000
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 11,000
 Mauritian Mauritius 1,001,000
 Mavilan India 42,000
Meda India 51,000
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,328,000
 Moger unspecified India 131,000
 Moghal India 2,080,000
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 48,000
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 189,000
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) India 3,200
 Munda India 4,402,000
Mundala India 34,000
 Muthan India 8,300
 Muthuvan India 29,000
Nagartha India 65,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,140,000
 Naikda India 4,299,000
 Nair India 7,779,000
Nalkadaya India 3,400
 Nat (Hindu traditions) India 592,000
Navait India 67,000
 Nayadi India 102,000
 Oraon India 5,353,000
Padannan India 10,000
Pale India 11,000
Palluvan India 8,000
Pambada India 4,500
 Panchama India 3,600
 Pandaram India 33,000
Panditattan India 13,000
 Paniyan India 119,000
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 104,000
 Pardhi India 434,000
 Parja unspecified India 394,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 9,215,000
 Patelia India 143,000
 Pathiyan India 22,000
Perumal Makkukkaran India 1,400
Perumannan India 105,000
 Pindara India 82,000
 Pinjara India 3,938,000
 Pomla India 1,800
Pulaya Vettuvan India 1,300
Pulayan Thanda India 150,000
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,109,000
 Qassab India 1,284,000
 Rabha India 441,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,712,000
Rajput Chandrabansi India 125,000
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,643,000
 Rajput Surajbansi India 306,000
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) India 423,000
 Razu India 562,000
 Sali India 1,227,000
 Samanthan India 58,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 9,096,000
 Saora unspecified India 951,000
 Satani India 515,000
 Sayyid India 9,296,000
Sayyid Husaini India 508,000
 Shaikh Faruqi India 960,000
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,727,000
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 9,019,000
 Shaikh unspecified India 72,220,000
 Shaikh Usmani India 568,000
Silpi India 237,000
 Soligar India 7,400
Soligaru India 40,000
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,322,000
 South Asian, general Mauritius 67,000
 South Asian, general Cambodia 1,800
 Syrian Christian India 4,440,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,226,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,446,000
 Thakkar India 698,000
Thandan (Christian traditions) India 14,000
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 276,000
 Thoti, caste India 14,000
 Tipera India 821,000
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) India 18,000
 Toda India 2,600
 Ulladan India 20,000
 Urali India 85,000
Urikkara Naicker India 900
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,197,000
 Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,713,000
 Valan India 107,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,842,000
Velakkithalanayan India 421,000
 Velama India 514,000
Velan India 102,000
Vellalan Vipravindolu India 1,900
Veluthadanayar India 239,000
Vetan (Christian traditions) India 4,200
Vettuvan India 137,000
 Viswakarma Asari India 782,000
 Viswakarma Kollan India 225,000
 Viswakarma Panchal India 109,000
Viswakarma Thattan India 233,000
 Viswakarma unspecified India 7,661,000
Viswakarma Vilkurup India 14,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 41,186,000
 Yadav Ghosi India 1,862,000
 Yadav Gola India 5,680,000
 Yenadi India 797,000
Yerava India 37,000
 Yerukula India 638,000
  Totals:  285     256

Language Alternate Names
Damulian
Madurai
Tamal
Tamalsan
Tambul
Tamili

Dialects
Adi Dravida
Aiyangar
Aiyar
Arava
Burgandi
Burma Tamil
Harijan
Hebbar
Kasuva
Kongar
Korava
Korchi
Madurai
Malaya Tamil
Mandyam Brahmin
Parikala
Pattapu Bhasha
Sanketi
Secunderabad Brahmin
South Africa Tamil
Sri Lanka Tamil
Tamil
Tigalu

Dialect Alternate Names
Madrasi
Tamil: Adi Dravida
Tamil: Aiyangar
Tamil: Aiyar
Tamil: Arava
Tamil: Burgandi
Tamil: Burma Tamil
Tamil: Harijan
Tamil: Hebbar
Tamil: Kongar
Tamil: Madrasi
Tamil: Madurai
Tamil: Malaya Tamil
Tamil: Mandyam Brahmin
Tamil: Sanketi
Tamil: Secunderabad Brahmin
Tamil: South Africa Tamil
Tamil: Sri Lanka Tamil
Tamil: Tigalu


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