How many people speak Tamil and Cantonese?

Tamil

Cantonese

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1 How Many People Speak

1.1 How Many People Speak?

78.00 million60.00 million

0.13 1200

1.2 Speaking Population

1.06 %16.00 %

0.11 89

1.3 Native Speakers

70.00 million52.00 million

0.13 873

1.3.1 Second Language Speakers

8.00 millionNA

0.01 400

1.3.2 Native Name

தமிழ்

Kwang Tung Wa

1.3.3 Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese

1.3.4 French Name

tamoul

Not Available

1.3.5 German Name

Tamil

Not Available

1.4 Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Not Available

1.5 Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans

Not Available

Tamil vs Cantonese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Tamil and Cantonese, you will get to compare Tamil vs Cantonese speaking population. How many people speak Tamil and Cantonese gives you the number of people speaking Tamil and Cantonese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Tamil language is 78.00 million and number of people speaking Cantonese language is 60.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Tamil is 1.06 % and speaking population of Cantonese is 16.00 %. For more detailed difference check out Tamil vs Cantonese.

Tamil native speakers vs Cantonese native speakers

How many people speak Tamil and Cantonese languages tells about Tamil native speakers vs Cantonese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 70.00 million people speak Tamil as native language while 52.00 million people speak Cantonese as native language. You can also go to Tamil vs Cantonese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Tamil and Cantonese language. In some regions, Tamil and Cantonese languages are used as second language. There are 8.00 million speakers who use Tamil as second language and no estimate of people speaking Cantonese as second language.

Native Names of Tamil and Cantonese

Native names are used in the Tamil and Cantonese Speaking Countries. Both Tamil and Cantonese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Tamil and Cantonese you will get to know the native names of Tamil and Cantonese languages. The native name of Tamil is தமிழ் and native name of Cantonese is Kwang Tung Wa. The alternative names of Tamil and Cantonese languages are as follows:

Tamil alternative names are: Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cantonese alternative names are: Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese

The French name of Tamil is tamoul whereas German name of Tamil is Tamil. The German name of Cantonese is Not Available whereas French name of Cantonese is tamoul.