1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Estonia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Malayalam
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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?
Mitä kuuluu?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
hyvää yötä
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Anteeksi
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Heippa
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Anteeksi
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
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.40 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.40 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
0.01 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Suomi
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Tamil
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
finn1318
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available