List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language

The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Tamil is an official or language of government.

Sovereign Countries 
+ Countries where Tamil is a de jure/official language. Country Region Population Status IndiaAsia1,247,540,000Sovereign country Sri Lanka Asia 5,007,003 Sovereign country  Singapore Asia 688,591  Sovereign country

 Dependent entities where Tamil is an official language

 +
  Entity
  Continent
  Population
  Status  Auroville  Asia    Autonomous city of India

   Pondicherry  Asia    Union Territory of India

   Tamil Nadu  Asia    State of India

Recognized as minority language

+ Country Population Notes  South Africa    Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 - Chapter 1: Founding Provisions states "A Pan South African Language Board established by national legislation must promote and ensure respect for Tamil" along with other minority languages.  Malaysia    Malaysian government recognize Tamil as a minority language along with Chinese. The "national-type" school's medium of instruction is either in Tamil or Chinese.  Mauritius    Tamils are the first immigrants to Mauritius who were brought by French. Later British brought Tamils to fight with French and as a recognition, Tamil is being used on the currency of Mauritius.

Partially recognized and unrecognized territories
+  Entity Notes Tamil Eelam (Eelam)  Claiming sovereignty over the North and Eastern Sri Lanka and Puttalam district as  Karaikal  Claiming for a separate union territory in India.

  Former territories resp. dependent entities where Tamil was an official language 
+  EntityContinentPopulationStatus Notes HaryanaAsia10,572State of IndiaTamil was once given nominal official status in Haryana but it was later replaced with Punjabi, in 2010.

 Countries where Tamil is used and has cultural impact but not official 

 Country Region  Réunion  Africa   Africa

 References 

 Other websites 
 tamilNet.com
 tamilfunda.com
 tamilsiragugal.com

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