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Countries
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Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu 0

Total No. Of Countries
6 9

National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu 0

Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles 0

Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University 0

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
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Similar To
Malayalam 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
247 41

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
18 8

Scripts
Tamil 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) 0

Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi) 0

How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?) 0

Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night) 0

Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam) 0

Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam) 0

Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam) 0

Please
தயவு (Tayavu) 0

Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum) 0

Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren) 0

I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren) 0

Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Kongu 0

Where They Speak
Kongu 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil 0

Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil 0

Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
10 10

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million 21

Speaking Population
1.06 % 19

Native Speakers
70.00 million 15

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million 24

Native Name
தமிழ் 0

Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili 0

French Name
tamoul 0

German Name
Tamil 0

Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ] 0

Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans 0

History
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Origin
300 BC 0

Language Family
Dravidian Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil 0

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil 0

Language Position
18 16

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
ta 0

ISO 639 2
0

ISO 639 2/T
tam 0

ISO 639 2/B
tam 0

ISO 639 3
tam 0

ISO 639 6
tam 0

Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248 0

Linguasphere
tami1289 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Know Alphabets in Tamil

When you start learning to write in any language the Alphabets form a skeleton of any language. Let's talk About Tamil Language, where you will learn the number of letter in Tamil Alphabets. Every language has its own set of alphabets or characters so it is necessary to know alphabets in Tamil. Tamil phonology gives Tamil vowels and Tamil consonants. There are 12 vowels and 18 consonants in Tamil language. Based upon the number of alphabet, vowels and consonants in the language we can check if Tamil is one of the Most Difficult Languages. All about Tamil language is given in detail in this section.

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All Tamil countries

Want to explore all Tamil countries? About Tamil language serves you with all Tamil Speaking Countries. Countries that use Tamil as official language are called as Tamil countries.

  • Countries that use Tamil as their National Language are: Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu.

Second language indicates to any language which the person learns in addition to first or native language.

  • Countries that use Tamil as second language are: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry.

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Learn Tamil greetings

Languages are used by every human being to communicate. And communication begins with the greetings. First step to form any interaction is to learn Tamil Greetings. Whenever you are travelling to new country where in you don’t know the local language of that country then you should at least be familiar with some greetings to start any formal or informal conversion. When we talk about Tamil language, we are always interested in learning useful phrases in Tamil language.Learn Tamil greetings that can be used in formal situations:

  • Hello: வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  • Thank you: நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  • Good Morning: காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  • Good Evening: நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  • Good Afternoon: பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

All Tamil Language Codes

Get to know all Tamil language codes here. There are several languages spoken all over the world where in most of the languages have alternate names which come from diverse sources. All Tamil Language Codes are assigned with unique code. There is usually two or three letters code for each language. In most of the applications, these language codes are used where it is tedious to use language names.

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