1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sweden
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Finland
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse 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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
hur mår du
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
godnatt
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
god kväll
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
god morgon
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ledsen
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
hej då
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
jag älskar dig
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Dialects
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.70 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
Ruotsi, Svenska
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
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
swed1254
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available