Classical Tamil

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Classical Tamil

Reference to a "Classical" Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
may have two unrelated meanings:

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Reference to a "Classical" Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
may have two unrelated meanings:

in mainstream Dravidology, Classical Tamil is the language of the Sangam literature
Sangam literature

Sangam literature refers to a body of classical Tamil language Tamil literature created between the years 300 BCE and 600 CE. This collection contains 2381 poems written by 473 poets,...
(ca. 3rd c. BC to 3rd c. AD).
in Tamil linguistic activism
Tanittamil Iyakkam

The Thanittamil Iyakkam is a movement of linguistic purism in Tamil literature attempting to emulate the "unadulterated Tamil language" of the Sangam literature, avoiding Sanskrit, Persian language and English language loanwords....
, the Tamil language
Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
as a whole is claimed as the "Primary Classical Language of the World",