1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Tamil
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
你好吗？
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
早上好
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
遗憾
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
再见
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million52.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Not Available
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
tami1289, oldt1248
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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