1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Indonesia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay and Dutch 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
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
Terima kasih
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
2.3 How Are You?
Apa kabar?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
2.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
2.5 Good Evening
Malam yang baik
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
2.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
2.7 Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
2.8 Please
mohon Untuk
தயவு (Tayavu)
2.9 Sorry
maaf
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
2.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
2.11 I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
2.12 Excuse Me
Permisi
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00NA
700
80000000
3.4 Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Tirunelveli Tamil
3.4.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
3.4.2 How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
3.5 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
23.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
140.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
4.3.2 Native Name
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
4.5 Ethnicity
Indonesians
Tamil people or Tamilans
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
Old Malay
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Tamil
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
6.5 Glottocode
indo1316
tami1289, oldt1248
6.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available