Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
Similar To
Malayalam
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
tamoul
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
300 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
ells
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic