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Tamil and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Poland  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Malayalam  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
247  
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Tamil  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  

Please
proszę  
தயவு (Tayavu)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  

Bye
do widzenia  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Kongu  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Kongu  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Madurai Tamil  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Tirunelveli Tamil  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
1.06 %  
19

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
70.00 million  
15

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
8.00 million  
24

Native Name
Polski  
தமிழ்  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  

French Name
polonais  
tamoul  

German Name
Polnisch  
Tamil  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Tamil people or Tamilans  

History

Origin
1270  
300 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
24  
20
18  
16

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ta  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
tam  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
tam  

ISO 639 3
pol  
tam  

ISO 639 6
pols  
tam  

Glottocode
poli1260  
tami1289, oldt1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
tami1289  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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