1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Assalām ‘alaikum
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Hach ch'i
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
Not Available
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Khuda hāfiz
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Rambani
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
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?
5.60 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.42 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
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
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
kash1277
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available