1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
تصبح على خير
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
مساء الخير
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
صباح الخير
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
آسف
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
وداعا
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
أحبك
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
اعذرني
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sudan
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Levantine
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
452.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
206.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
246.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Arabs
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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
arab1395
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available