1 Countries
1.1 Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
East Asia, European Union
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
- 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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?
Kiel vi sanas?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
Bonan nokton
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Bonan matenon
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Ĝis poste
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Mi amas vin
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pardonu!
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Not present
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not present
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not present
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
2.20 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.20 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
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
Proto-Esperanto
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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
espe1235
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available