1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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?
How are you?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
I love you
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 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
Not Available
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
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
stan1293
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available