Countries
Indonesia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
National Language
Indonesia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
matur nuwun
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Not Available
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Kongu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kongu
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Arekan
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
javanais
tamoul
German Name
Javanisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Tamil people or Tamilans
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Javanese
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
java1253
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Javanese and Tamil Speaking population
Javanese and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Tamil on Javanese vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Tamil Language Codes
Javanese and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.