1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Germany
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
North Dakota, United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
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?)
Wie geht es dir?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
gute Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
guten Abend
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
guten Tag
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
guten Morgen
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Verzeihung
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Tschüs
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ich liebe dich
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Entschuldigung
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Swabian German
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Germany
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA820,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Texas German
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Texas
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 million229.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million101.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million128.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Deutsch, Tedesco
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Germans
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed German
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
high1287, uppe1397
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, Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic