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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
finn1318
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Finnish 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 Finnish and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Tamil language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Tamil Difficulty
The Finnish vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish 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 Finnish and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.
