Tamil is spoken by 62,191,000 people: 58,597,000 in India, 3,000,000 in Sri Lanka, 274,000 in Malyasia, 250,000 in South Africa, 70,000 elsewhere.
Reading the Scriptures
in Tamil
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1714.
The New Testament was first published in 1715.
The complete Bible was first published in 1727.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Common Language Translation, first published in 1995 by TNBCLC, (Tamil Nadu Biblical, Catechetical, and Liturgical Centre), Tindivanam. This page is taken from a Bible published in 1997 by The Bible Society of India, Bangalore.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1714.
The New Testament was first published in 1715.
The complete Bible was first published in 1727.