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'''Singapore Tamils'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pure Tamil promoted in China radio station|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/pure-tamil-promoted-china-radio-station|website=AsiaOne}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramaswamy|first1=Vijaya|title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=H4q0DHGMcjEC&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=Singapore+tamils&source=bl&ots=gwf39g71oO&sig=FYeFniqzdt3oTfv-_uvm1X6m58I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqnpjsvPXQAhVH9GMKHe--BNY4ChDoAQgrMAY#v=onepage&q=Singapore%20tamils&f=false|publisher=Scarecrow Press|language=en|date=22 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rahil|first1=Siti|title=Singapore Tamils see worrying sign|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/02/national/singapore-tamils-see-worrying-sign/|website=The Japan Times Online|date=2 October 2008}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2016|reason=The entire source uses the term Singapore Tamil only in the title. However in the article it refers only to Indians in Singapore}} refers to Tamil community living in Singapore, who came from South India and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Singapore|first1=National Library Board,|title=Tamil community {{!}} Infopedia|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2013-08-12_114422.html|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=When Singapore Tamils visit India, they don’t "go home", they leave their home.|url=http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/08/04/when-singapore-tamils-visit-india-they-dont-go-home-they-leave-their-home/|website=The Online Citizen|date=4 August 2016}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=December 2016}} [[Singapore]] is home to about 500,000 Tamilians. Singapore has emerged as the most preferred destination among migrants from Tamil Nadu. A study has revealed that 410,000 of the 2.2 million [[Tamil Nadu diaspora]] were residing in Singapore in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singapore most preferred destination of Tamil diaspora, study finds - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Singapore-most-preferred-by-Tamil-diaspora-Study/articleshow/51528007.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
'''Singapore Tamils'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pure Tamil promoted in China radio station|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/pure-tamil-promoted-china-radio-station|website=AsiaOne}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramaswamy|first1=Vijaya|title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=H4q0DHGMcjEC&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=Singapore+tamils&source=bl&ots=gwf39g71oO&sig=FYeFniqzdt3oTfv-_uvm1X6m58I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqnpjsvPXQAhVH9GMKHe--BNY4ChDoAQgrMAY#v=onepage&q=Singapore%20tamils&f=false|publisher=Scarecrow Press|language=en|date=22 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rahil|first1=Siti|title=Singapore Tamils see worrying sign|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/02/national/singapore-tamils-see-worrying-sign/|website=The Japan Times Online|date=2 October 2008}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2016|reason=The entire source uses the term Singapore Tamil only in the title. However in the article it refers only to Indians in Singapore}} refers to Tamil community living in Singapore, who came from South India and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Singapore|first1=National Library Board,|title=Tamil community {{!}} Infopedia|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2013-08-12_114422.html|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=When Singapore Tamils visit India, they don’t "go home", they leave their home.|url=http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/08/04/when-singapore-tamils-visit-india-they-dont-go-home-they-leave-their-home/|website=The Online Citizen|date=4 August 2016}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=December 2016}} [[Singapore]] is home to about 500,000 Tamilians. Singapore has emerged as the most preferred destination among migrants from Tamil Nadu. A study has revealed that 410,000 of the 2.2 million [[Tamil Nadu diaspora]] were residing in Singapore in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singapore most preferred destination of Tamil diaspora, study finds - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Singapore-most-preferred-by-Tamil-diaspora-Study/articleshow/51528007.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==History==

According to many researchers, the founder of Singapore city in the 15th century and the first Sultan of Malacca, Iskandar Shah Paramesvara, was a prince from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, who embraced Islam.<ref>{{cite web|title=TamilNet|url=https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=33972|website=www.tamilnet.com}}</ref>


==Status==
==Status==

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Singapore Tamils[1][2][3][failed verification] refers to Tamil community living in Singapore, who came from South India and Sri Lanka.[4][5][self-published source] Singapore is home to about 500,000 Tamilians. Singapore has emerged as the most preferred destination among migrants from Tamil Nadu. A study has revealed that 410,000 of the 2.2 million Tamil Nadu diaspora were residing in Singapore in 2015.[6]

History

According to many researchers, the founder of Singapore city in the 15th century and the first Sultan of Malacca, Iskandar Shah Paramesvara, was a prince from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, who embraced Islam.[7]

Status

Tamil Language is one of the four official languages in Singapore.[8] Tamil is taught as a second language in all government schools from the primary to junior college levels. Tamil is an examinable subject at all major nationwide exams. There is a daily Tamil newspaper printed in Singapore, the Tamil Murasu. There is a full-time radio station, Oli 96.8, and a full-fledged TV channel, Vasantham.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Pure Tamil promoted in China radio station". AsiaOne.
  2. ^ Ramaswamy, Vijaya (22 May 2007). "Historical Dictionary of the Tamils". Scarecrow Press.
  3. ^ Rahil, Siti (2 October 2008). "Singapore Tamils see worrying sign". The Japan Times Online.
  4. ^ Singapore, National Library Board,. "Tamil community | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "When Singapore Tamils visit India, they don't "go home", they leave their home". The Online Citizen. 4 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Singapore most preferred destination of Tamil diaspora, study finds - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
  8. ^ Singapore, R. o. (1999). Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. Retrieved 10 1, 2010, from Singapore Statutes Online: http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?&actno=Reved-CONST&date=latest&method=part
  9. ^ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/384243/1/.html
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