1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- 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
Maldivian Language
Malayalam
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
හලෝ (halō)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
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
16.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
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
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
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
sinh1246
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
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