Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
Mi petas
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Kongu
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Esperanto
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
espéranto
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
1887
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Modern Tamil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto and Tamil Speaking population
Esperanto and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Esperanto and Tamil on Esperanto vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Esperanto and Tamil Language Codes
Esperanto and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Esperanto and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.