Countries
European Union, Finland
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moi
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
haluta
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Heippa
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Kongu
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
finnois
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
1543
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Modern Tamil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available