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Old Tamil

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Old Tamil

Summary

Old Tamil is a dead language[1]. It draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (dead_language category, ranking #42 of 160).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Tamil's instance of is recorded as dead language[3].
  • Old Tamil's instance of is recorded as ancient language[4].
  • Old Tamil's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as oty[5].
  • Old Tamil's subclass of is recorded as Tamil languages[6].
  • Old Tamil's IETF language tag is recorded as oty[7].
  • Old Tamil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Tamil language[8].
  • Old Tamil's Commons gallery is recorded as Ancient Tamil[9].
  • Old Tamil's Linguist List code is recorded as oty[10].
  • Old Tamil's Glottolog code is recorded as oldt1248[11].
  • Old Tamil's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bwdv45k0[12].
  • Old Tamil's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/OTY[13].
  • Old Tamil's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ancient-Tamil-1[14].

Why It Matters

Old Tamil draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (dead_language category, ranking #42 of 160).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Thiruvalluvar

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . IANA language subtag registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_old-tamil_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Old Tamil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-tamil}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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