Statistics about Tamil Speakers
- Official Language in the Indian state of Tamilnadu, as well as the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry.
- One of six languages designated as a classic language by the Indian Government.
- ~85M people speak Tamil worldwide
- ~77M as a first language
- ~8M as a secondary language
- ~70M people speak Tamil in India, ~6% of Indian population
- ~69M as a first language
- ~1M as a secondary language
Tamil is the primary language in: Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu.
It is a secondary language in Kerala.
Tamil Diaspora
Although not as a primary language, Tamil is spoken in many nations.
- United States (250K speakers, <1% of the population)
- Saudi Arabia (350K, <1%)
- Malaysia (2M, <1%)
- UAE (400K, <1%)
- Australia (60K, <1%)
- South Africa (600K, <1%)
- Indonesia (75K, 1%)
- Myanmar (1M, 2%)
- Germany (60K, <1%)
- Sri Lanka (3.2M, 15%)
- Mauritius (73K, 6%)
- France (125K, <1%)
- Canada (157K, <1%)
- Fiji (125K, <1%)
- Australia (50K, <1%)
- Singapore (500K, <1%)
Lutheran Study Bible Translation Project: Tamil Status
We need your help to finish this language. As you’ll see in the table at bottom of this page, all 66 books of the Bible have projected costs associated with them – this is the cost of completing the exhaustive 12-step process. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but we are absolutely committed to finishing Tamil and the 14 other languages. Naturally, the timing is based on availability of resources and funding – but these will get done! Can you help us get there sooner?
See the Translation for Yourself
As it becomes available, we will provide an example of a page of The Lutheran Study Bible in English as well as the Tamil translation. We want to show you the power of the teaching provided by The Lutheran Study Bible and how the true translation looks and reads in Tamil.
Tamil Progress Report
The table below shows the 66 books of the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as the approximate cost to complete each book’s 12-step translation process.
Note that we update our Tamil progress in this table quarterly.