1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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
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
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
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
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
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
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
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
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
nepa1254
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
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
Agglutinative
Not Available