1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
您好 (Nín hǎo)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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
sini1245
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
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available