1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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
Left-To-Right, 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?
hoe gaat het met je?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
goede Nacht
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
goedenavond
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
goedemorgen
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
alsjeblieft
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
vaarwel
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Ik hou van jou
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
pardon
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
590,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Limburgian
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
28.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
22.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
6.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
néerlandais; flamand
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Dutch people
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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
mode1257
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
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