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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
36
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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
Armenian
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24247
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
712
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1718
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
αντίο (antío)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kongu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Greece
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,800.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Griko
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Italy
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
50,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Mariupol
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ukraine
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
2510
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million78.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.18 %1.06 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
13.00 million70.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA8.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ελληνικά
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
Neugriechisch
Tamil
5.4 Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
300 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
7418
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
el
ta
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ell
tam
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
gre
tam
7.3 ISO 639 3
ell
tam
7.4 ISO 639 6
ells
tam
7.5 Glottocode
gree1276
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available

Greek and Tamil Alphabets

Greek and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Tamil. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Greek and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Tamil languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Tamil Speaking population

Greek and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Tamil on Greek vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Tamil Language Codes

Greek and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.