1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Meghalaya
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
2.2 Second Language
Not Available
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
2.3 Speaking Continents
2.4 Minority Language
Not Available
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
2.5 Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
2.6 Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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.
2.7 Similar To
2.8 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.5.1 How Many Consonants
3.6 Scripts
3.7 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
3.8 Hard to Learn
3.8.1 Language Levels
4.3.4 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
6.3 How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
6.4 Good Night
thia sukh
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
6.5 Good Evening
babha janmiet
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
6.6 Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
6.7 Good Morning
khublei
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
Map
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
6.10 Bye
khublei
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
6.11 I Love You
ieit ieit
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
6.12 Excuse Me
map a nga
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
7.2 Dialect 2
7.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
7.3 Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Tirunelveli Tamil
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
7.4 Total No. Of Dialects
8 How Many People Speak
8.1 How Many People Speak?
0.84 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
8.2 Speaking Population
8.3 Native Speakers
0.84 million70.00 million
0.13
873
8.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.3.2 Native Name
8.3.3 Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
8.3.4 French Name
8.3.5 German Name
8.4 Pronunciation
8.5 Ethnicity
Khasi people
Tamil people or Tamilans
9 History
9.1 Origin
9.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
9.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
9.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
9.3 Language Forms
9.3.1 Early Forms
No Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
9.3.2 Standard Forms
9.3.3 Language Position
9.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
9.4 Scope
10 Code
10.1 ISO 639 1
10.2 ISO 639 2
10.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
10.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
10.3 ISO 639 3
10.4 ISO 639 6
10.5 Glottocode
khas1269
tami1289, oldt1248
10.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
10.7 Types of Language
10.7.1 Language Type
10.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
10.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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