Malaysian Tamil

Malaysian Tamil
Malaysian Tamil
Bahasa Tamil Malaysia
மலேசியத் தமிழ் மொழி
Native to	Malaysia and Singapore
Ethnicity	Malaysian Indian (Tamil Malaysians)
Native speakers	~3.9 million in Malaysia and Singapore (2006 – 2010 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Tamil–Paliyan Tamil Malaysian Tamil; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Official status
Regulated by	Malaysian Tamil Language Standardisation Council
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	mala1467

Malaysian Tamil (Tamil: மலேசியத் தமிழ் மொழி, romanized: Malēsiyat Tamiḻ Moḻi), also known as Malaya Tamil, is a local variant of the Tamil language spoken in Malaysia.^[2] It is one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin.^[3]^[4] There are many differences in vocabulary between Malaysian Tamil and Indian Tamil.^{[clarification needed (see talk)]}

^ Tamil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Language Shift in the Tamil Communities of Malaysia and Singapore: the Paradox of Egalitarian Language Policy". Ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ Tamil Schools. Indianmalaysian.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ Ghazali, Kamila (2010). UN Chronicle – National Identity and Minority Languages. United Nations.

[1] Tamil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Language Shift in the Tamil Communities of Malaysia and Singapore: the Paradox of Egalitarian Language Policy". Ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[3] Tamil Schools. Indianmalaysian.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

[4] Ghazali, Kamila (2010). UN Chronicle – National Identity and Minority Languages. United Nations.

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