1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Finland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Estonia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Estonian and Livonian 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?)
Mitä kuuluu?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
hyvää yötä
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Hyvää iltaa
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Hyvää iltapäivää
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Hyvää huomenta
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Anteeksi
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Heippa
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Minä rakastan sinua
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Anteeksi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Finland, Rauma
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Meänkieli
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Finland, Sweden
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA60,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million5.40 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million5.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million0.01 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
suomi / suomen kieli
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Suomi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
ethnic Finns
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Proto-Finnic language
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
standard Finnish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Finnish
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
finn1318
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic