1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.2 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria
1.3 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.4 Speaking Continents
1.5 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
1.6 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
1.7 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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
1.8 Similar To
Malayalam
Serbain and Bosnian
1.9 Derived From
Not Available
Church Slavonic
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.5.1 How Many Consonants
2.6 Scripts
2.7 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.8 Hard to Learn
2.8.1 Language Levels
2.10.1 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
kako si
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
laku noć
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
dobra večer
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
dobar dan
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
dobro jutro
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Oprostite
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Doviđenja
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Volim te
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Ispričavam se
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA660,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Croatia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Shtokavian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA13,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million89.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million5.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Hrvatski
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Croats
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Croatian Sign Language
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
croa1245
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
part of 53-AAA-g
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
Fusional, Synthetic