1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Nigeria
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Nigeria
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
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
Not Available
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?
yaya dai
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
mai kyau dare
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
barka da yamma
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
barka da rana
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
mai kyau safe
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
yi hakuri
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
sai anjima
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Ina son ku
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
gafara dai
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
Kurhwayanci
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Niger
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Daragaram
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Niger
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?
50.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
35.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
haus1257
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
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