1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
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
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
αντίο (antío)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
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
Italy
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Mariupol
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Ukraine
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 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million13.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Greeks or Hellenes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Greek
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Greek Sign Language
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
gree1276
7.6 Linguasphere
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
Fusional, Synthetic