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Tamil and Finnish


Finnish and Tamil


Countries

Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
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  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Malayalam  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
247  
99+
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
13  
3

Scripts
Tamil  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  
Moi  

Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
தயவு (Tayavu)  
haluta  

Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  
Heippa  

I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kongu  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Kongu  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.06 %  
19
Not Available  

Native Speakers
70.00 million  
15
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
24
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
தமிழ்  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  
Suomi  

French Name
tamoul  
finnois  

German Name
Tamil  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
300 BC  
1543  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
18  
16
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ta  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tam  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
tam  
fin  

ISO 639 3
tam  
fin  

ISO 639 6
tam  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
tami1289  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Tamil and Finnish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tamil and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Tamil and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tamil are spoken in different Tamil Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tamil vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tamil dialects include: Kongu, Madurai Tamil. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tamil and Finnish Speaking population

Tamil and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tamil and Finnish on Tamil vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Finnish Language Codes

Tamil and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tamil and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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