The other official language is Tamil (18%).

其它官方语言是泰米尔语(Tamil) (18%)。

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If theDravidian hypothesis is correct, it might be possible to match wordsfrom the old form of Tamil, a Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu, with the Indus signs.

在俾路支，达罗毗语被称为布拉灰，如果关于达罗毗的假说成立，那么我们就可以将泰米尔那多地区一种古老形式的泰米尔语——达罗毗语的一支与古印度河文字进行匹配，进行破译。

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The language is Tamil.

语言是泰米尔人。

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Indeed, even Tamil-language films like Mutu ran for months in Japan.

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Many young people are now reared to speak only English, and one teen-age student told me that even adults who once spoke only Tamil, the local language, were beginning to speak Tanglish with their children.

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"The English-language film Dam999 was originally scheduled to be released on Friday in the state dubbed in Tamil as Anai999, " the Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitor's Association said in a press release sent to the BBC.

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