1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cambodia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
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
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- 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
Pali and Sanskrit 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
Left-To-Right, 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
3.2 Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
ND
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
ND
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ND
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
ND
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ND
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
ND
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
ND
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
ND
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vietnam
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
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?
16.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
13.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
khme1253
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available