The Tamils can be defined as people, having Tamil as their mother tongue. Tamil language is a member of the Dravidian/South Indian family of languages. The four southernmost states of India—Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andra Pradesh—are predominantly linguistically Dravidian, each state carved out on the basis of predominance of the four major Dravidian languages. The Dravidian languages are mother tongues of about a ...
