Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
European Union, Finland
  
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.
- 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 in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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