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
  
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
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
من فضلك
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
آسف
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Kongu
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
arabe
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
512 CE
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Modern Tamil
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available