1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Germany
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Albanian Languages
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?
Wie geht es dir?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
gute Nacht
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
guten Abend
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
guten Tag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
guten Morgen
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Verzeihung
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Tschüs
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Ich liebe dich
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Swabian German
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Germany
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
820,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Texas German
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Texas
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
229.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
101.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
128.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Germans
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed German
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
high1287, uppe1397
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available