1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
3.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
3.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
3.5 Speaking Continents
3.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries
3.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
3.8 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
3.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Amharic and Hebrew
3.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.5 Phonology
4.5.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.4 How Many Consonants
1.9 Scripts
1.10 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
1.11 Hard to Learn
1.11.1 Language Levels
3.3.2 Time Taken to Learn
8 Greetings
8.1 Hello
8.2 Thank You
8.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
كيف حالك؟
8.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
تصبح على خير
8.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
مساء الخير
8.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
مساء الخير
8.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
صباح الخير
8.9 Please
8.10 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
آسف
8.11 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
وداعا
8.12 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
أحبك
8.13 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
اعذرني
9 Dialects
9.1 Dialect 1
9.1.2 Where They Speak
Kongu
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
9.1.4 How Many People Speak
9.5 Dialect 2
9.6.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Sudan
9.6.3 How Many People Speak
NA17,000,000.00
700
80000000
9.12 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Levantine
9.12.2 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Cyprus, Levant
9.12.3 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
1400
96000000
12.3 Total No. Of Dialects
16 How Many People Speak
16.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million452.00 million
0.13
1200
16.7 Speaking Population
16.10 Native Speakers
70.00 million206.00 million
0.13
873
19.3.4 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million246.00 million
0.01
400
21.8.5 Native Name
தமிழ்
(al arabiya) العربية
21.9.1 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
22.1.1 French Name
22.2.2 German Name
22.3 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
22.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Arabs
23 History
23.1 Origin
23.3 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
23.4.1 Subgroup
23.5.2 Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
23.6 Language Forms
23.6.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
23.6.3 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Standard Arabic
23.6.4 Language Position
23.8.1 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Arabic
23.9 Scope
24 Code
24.1 ISO 639 1
24.2 ISO 639 2
24.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
24.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
24.3 ISO 639 3
24.4 ISO 639 6
24.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
arab1395
24.6 Linguasphere
24.7 Types of Language
24.7.1 Language Type
24.7.3 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
24.7.4 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic