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The spread of Tamils around the world has occurred in two stages - emigration (often forced) within the British Empire as workers, and refugees leaving Sri Lanka due to the ethnic conflict there.
Nearly all Tamils speak the Tamil language, considered by most theories to be one of the Dravidian tongues once spoken widely across the Indian subcontinent but now largely confined to its southern quarter. Tamils have a stronger ethno-linguistic identity than other Indian language groups and distinguish themselves from Indian groups speaking (Sanskrit-derived) Indo-Aryan languages.
Most Tamils are Hindu, with significant minorities being ChristianChristian is: a follower of the faith of Christianity a popular first name and surname, especially in Northern Europe According to the New Testament, those who followed Jesus as his disciples were first called Christians by those who did not share their f or MuslimA Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. The word Muslim means one who submits and implies complete submission to the will of God ( Allah). Muslims believe that nature is itself Islamic, since it follows natural laws placed by God. Thus, a Muslim s.
Using the term Tamil to refer to people of Tamil origin is sometimes considered Anglicised; the more popular usage among Indians being the term Tamilians; singular Tamilian. Tamilian is again an anglicised term for the more exact Tamil word தமிழன் (tamiḻan); plural தமிழர்கள் (tamiḻarkaḷ).
The important core values of Tamilians from ancient Tamil culture are hospitality and almsAlms or almsgiving, or, simply, charity, is the practice of giving money or other material aid to the poor. In many religions, charity is considered a mandatory element of ones spiritual practice. For instance, although the practical applications differ,. Ancient Tamil histories tell about a king who gave his chariot to Jasmine plant etc. Even if you don't have anything, give the best to others is the mantra.
In ancient Tamil culture, poets were nurtured by the Kings. They played a major role; in some respects their mystical influence was considered more significant than the Kings decisions. Mythology and popular history include reports of poets stopping wars by force of their art.
Ancient Tamil poets rarely ascribed a title or their own names to their work. This symbolic fame-free practice has left an important though difficult to substantiate legacy for some artists. Many works were named long after their creation: TirukkuralTirukkural in Tamil) is an important work of Tamil literature by Tiruvalluvar written in the form of couplets expounding various aspects of life. It contains 1330 couplets divided into 133 chapters of 10 couplets each. Each couplet consists of seven words was named later so, as it is written with kurals; TolkaappiyamTolkaappiyam in Tamil) is a book on the grammar of the Tamil language. Tolkaappiyam which was published in about the 6th century BC by Tolkaappiyar, is said to be the world's oldest surviving grammar for any language. Tolkaappiyam classifies the Tamil lan was named later so, as it is the oldest literature (thol means old, kappiyam means literature), and so on. And even, the poets' names were added later. Because of this, the poets' names are usually associated with the titles, for example: Tirukkural-> TiruvalluvarTiruvalluvar was one of the greatest Tamil poets. Thirukkural, one of the greatest philosophical works in Tamil language was written by him. Very little is known conclusively about the life of Tiruvalluvar (See Tamil people#Fame-free culture for further r, Tolkaappiyam-> Tolkappiyar , etc.
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