Correct option is D
The correct answer is (d) Tamil.
- Singapore Tamil is one of four official languages of Singapore, along with English, Malay, and Mandarin. Tamil is taught in schools, but students can also study other Indian languages.
- Sri Lanka Tamil is one of two official languages of Sri Lanka, along with Sinhala. English is considered a semi-official language.
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- Kannada is the mother-tongue for the majority of the people in Karnataka. Even the neighboring states such as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Daman and Diu have a substantial number of people using Kannada as their mother-tongue.
- Telugu language, largest member of the Dravidian language family. Primarily spoken in southeastern India, it is the official language of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In the early 21st century Telugu had more than 75 million speakers.
- Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. It is the second-most widely spoken language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also the second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, and is spoken by significant populations in other states including Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha and Uttarakhand. Bengali is also spoken by the Bengali diasporas (Bangladeshi diaspora and Indian Bengalis) across Europe, North America, the Middle East and other regions