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
  
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
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
Please
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Bye
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
I love you
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
English
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
anglais
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Modern Tamil
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
tam
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
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