1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Abkhazia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
1.9 Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
Not Available
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
Not Available
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Not available
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Caucasus
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Turkey
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.13 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.13 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
abkh1244
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available