1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
German and English Languages
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
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?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
alsjeblieft
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
sorry
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
vaarwel
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
pardon
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Limburgian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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
mode1257
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology