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Old Tamil

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Old Tamil

Summary

Old Tamil is a dead language[1]. It draws 530 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 is a type of Tamil languages[5].
  • Old Tamil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Tamil language[6].
  • Old Tamil's Commons gallery is recorded as Ancient Tamil[7].
  • Old Tamil's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/OTY[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dead language[3] and ancient language[4]. Old Tamil is a type of Tamil languages[5].

Why It Matters

Old Tamil draws 530 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.[9] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . 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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  1. 25d 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
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Old Tamil.png"
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