1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Estonia, European Union
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
1.9 Similar To
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?)
kuidas sul läheb
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Head ööd
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Tere õhtust
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Tere päevast
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Tere hommikust
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Vabandust
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Head aega
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ma armastan sind
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Vabandage
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Georgia, South Estonia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Idamurre
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
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 million1.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million0.95 million
0.13
873
1.4.2 Second Language Speakers
1.4.4 Native Name
1.4.5 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Eesti keel
1.4.6 French Name
1.4.7 German Name
1.5 Pronunciation
1.6 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Estonians
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
2.3.3 Language Position
2.6.2 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Estonian Sign Language
2.7 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
3.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
esto1258
3.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative