Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country with a total population of 28.3 million. According to the 2010 census, Malays constitute the majority at 67.4%; while the Chinese make up 24.6% of the population. Tamils ​​with 1.9 million constitute 7.3% of the total population. Tamils ​​are the largest linguistic group (85%) forming the Indian minority in Malaysia. Since the 11th century, Tamils ​​were present in Southeast Asia as traders in Maritime Asia. A portion of these immigrants had assimilated into the majority Malay ethnic group. They are known as Tamil Muslims and Melaka Chettis. These early immigrants became the clearest evidence of the presence of Tamils ​​in Malaysia. During the British era, i.e. towards the end of the 19th century; The British brought Indian laborers on a large scale to work on rubber plantations. Most of the immigrants were from the Tamil ethnic group from India. Sri Lankan Tamils ​​were also brought in to work in the civil service and other professions. Position of the Tamil language in MalaysiaHarold Schiffman (1998), an American researcher on Malaysian Tamils, wrote the following: “native Tamil speakers, especially well-educated Tamils, are switching to English. While less educated Tamils, especially those living in plantation communities, continue to speak Tamil.” Education Policy in MalaysiaFor national primary schools in Malaysia, the Malay language is the medium of instruction. Tamil and Chinese can be taught as “pupils' own language (POL)” if at least fifteen students from the respective ethnic group request it. At the primary level, there are national-style Tamil and Chinese medium schools with varying degrees of government support. At the secondary level, Malay is the only medium of instruction in… middle of paper… electricity was only available during certain hours. Wireless devices were usually not owned by workers. As workers worked on rubber, coconut, and oil palm plantations, they collected a set of words based on these products. Rama Subbiah selected informants based on age, residence, gender and education. Workers over the age of fifty-five were chosen for his study. Only they would tend to maintain the older forms and would be subject to little external influence. Furthermore, this age group would be the transition generation and once they retire most of them would tend to return to India. Once they went back, it would be lost forever. The informants ranged in age from 45 to 80 years. Preference was given to those who were born in Malaya or those who had resided on the estates for more than forty years. Twenty-five of the forty-four informants were men.***