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Tamil Language

Tamil (தமிழ் tamiḻ; IPA: [t̪ɐmɨɻ]) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is...
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India

India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most...

Area:

  • 3,287,590 km² (1269346 mi² )

Time zone(s):

Population:

  • 1,161,240,000 (Mar 29, 2009)

Sri Lanka

"Ceylon" redirects here. For the time period of 1948-1972, see Dominion of Ceylon Sri Lanka (from the Sanskrit “Venerable Island”), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (pronounced /ˌʃriːˈlɑːŋkɑː/, Sinhala: , Tamil: இலங்கை;...

Area:

  • 65,610 km² (25332 mi² )

Population:

  • 20,926,315 (Jul 2007)

Fiji

An island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. The country occupies an archipelago of about 322 islands, of which 106 are permanently inhabited, and 522 islets. The two major islands, Viti Levu and...

Area:

  • 18,274 km² (7055.6 mi² )

Population:

  • 918,675 (Jul 2007)

Mauritius

Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris) officially the Republic of Mauritius, French: République de Maurice is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the...

Area:

  • 2,040 km² (787.6 mi² )

Population:

  • 1,250,882 (Jul 2007)

Myanmar

Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia or Indochina. The country is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh...

Area:

  • 676,578 km² (261228 mi² )

Population:

  • 47,373,958 (Jul 2007)

Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2...

Area:

  • 704 km² (272 mi² )

Population:

  • 4,839,400 (2008)

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and...

Area:

  • 1,221,037 km² (471445 mi² )

Population:

  • 48,697,000 (Jul 1, 2008)

Malaysia

Malaysia (pronounced /məˈleɪʒə/ or /məˈleɪziə/) is a country in Southeast Asia consisting of thirteen states and three Federal Territories, with a total landmass of 329,845 square kilometres (127,354 sq mi). The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while...

Area:

  • 329,847 km² (127355 mi² )

Population:

  • 28,067,000 (Mar 2, 2008)
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