Tamil may refer to: Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia Tamil language, natively spoken by the Tamils Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode Tamil dialects, referencing geographical variations in speech See also Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood, the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood. Tamil cuisine Tamil culture, is considered to be one of the world's oldest civilizations. Tamil diaspora Tamil Eelam, a proposed independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states of India Tamil nationalism Tamil News, a daily Tamil-language television news program in Tamil Nadu Tamilakam, the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covered today's Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and southern parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Thamizh, a 2002 Indian Tamil film starring Prashanth Language and nationality disambiguation pages