Countries
India, Nepal
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
Similar To
Hindi
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
कृपया
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
népalais
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
19 BC
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Modern Tamil
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
12
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available