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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Tamil
Script(s) Used		(tamil )
Family		Dravidian	vs	6% World Languages have Dravidian	compare Dravidian World Languages
Subgroup		Southern
3 Letter Code		Tam

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		63.1 (5.79 lower than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (63.1)
Native Speakers as % of World		1.4 (0.12 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (1.4)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		68 (45.83 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (68)
Total Speakers as % of World		0.9 (0.62 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (0.9)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		Many Cases	vs	1.5% World Languages have Many cases
Sequence		SOV	vs	33.3% World Languages have SOV
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		Yes	vs	14.9% World Languages have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		India Sri Lanka Singapore
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa
No. of Countries Spoken In		6 (4.33 lower than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (6)

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