List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language

List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language - Wikimedia list article. Article “List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 38.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language”, its content was written by 26 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (8871^st place) and edited by 152 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 191 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #223 in November 2017
• Global: #69429 in January 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #104 in July 2017
• Global: #128179 in January 2017

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		59.7708
2	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		44.4734
3	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		38.2825
4	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		38.0858
5	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		33.8878
6	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		28.0638
7	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		25.2185
8	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		14.0389

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		457 761
2	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		230 421
3	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		105 250
4	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		4 679
5	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		2 682
6	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		1 247
7	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		952
8	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		323

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		2 536
2	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		438
3	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		72
4	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		72
5	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		34
6	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		14
7	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		6
8	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		83
2	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		29
3	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		26
4	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		5
5	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		3
6	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		3
7	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		2
8	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		1

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Language versions of the article "List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		0
2	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		0
3	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		0
4	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		0
5	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		0
6	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		0
7	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		0
8	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		99
2	Persian (fa) فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است		40
3	Chinese (zh) 泰米尔语国家和地区列表		21
4	Urdu (ur) فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے		15
5	Tamil (ta) தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்		8
6	Simple English (simple) List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language		7
7	Ukrainian (uk) Список таміломовних країн та регіонів		1
8	Greek (el) Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα		0

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#	Language	Value
el	Greek Κατάλογος χωρών όπου τα Ταμιλικά είναι επίσημη γλώσσα
en	English List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language
fa	Persian فهرست سرزمین‌هایی که تامیلی یک زبان رسمی در آنجا است
simple	Simple English List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language
ta	Tamil தமிழை ஆட்சிமொழியாகக் கொண்ட நாடுகளின் பட்டியல்
uk	Ukrainian Список таміломовних країн та регіонів
ur	Urdu فہرست علاقہ جات جہاں تامل سرکاری زبان ہے
zh	Chinese 泰米尔语国家和地区列表

Best Rank

Simple English: #104 07.2017

Global: #128179 01.2017

Best Rank

Simple English: #223 11.2017

Global: #69429 01.2017

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