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
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Malayalam
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
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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
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Tamil people or Tamilans
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Esperanto
Modern Tamil
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signuno
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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tam
Glottocode
espe1235
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
tami1289
Language Type
Constructed
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Esperanto and Tamil Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Esperanto and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Tamil language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Tamil Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and Tamil Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Esperanto and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.