Countries
Indonesia
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
Similar To
Malay language
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
indonésien
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
7th Century
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Modern Tamil
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available