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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
26
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nepal
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
48247
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1212
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3618
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
कृपया
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Doteli
Kongu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1210
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million78.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.25 %1.06 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million70.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
népalais
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
Nepali
Tamil
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
19 BC
300 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
5918
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ne
ta
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nep
tam
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nep
tam
7.3 ISO 639 3
npi
tam
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
7.5 Glottocode
nepa1254
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
12
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available

Nepali and Tamil Alphabets

Nepali and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Nepali and Tamil. In Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Nepali and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Nepali and Tamil languages. The Nepali phonology consist Nepali vowels and Nepali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Nepali greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Nepali and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Nepali and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Nepali and Tamil Speaking population

Nepali and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Tamil on Nepali vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Tamil Language Codes

Nepali and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.