1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Abkhazia
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Adyghe language, Abaza language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Not Available
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Caucasus
1.1.1 How Many People Speak
1.3 Dialect 3
1.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Turkey
1.3.2 How Many People Speak
1.5 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
2.2 Speaking Population
2.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million0.13 million
0.13
873
2.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
2.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Abxazo, Abkhazian
2.3.4 French Name
2.3.5 German Name
2.4 Pronunciation
2.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Abkhaz people
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Northwest Caucasian
3.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
3.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
3.3.2 Standard Forms
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Not Available
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
4.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
abkh1244
4.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
No data Available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative