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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
61
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Japan
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Korean Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24799
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
125
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1814
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Tamil
Kana
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
35
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kongu
Sanuki
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Kagawa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Hakata
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Fukuoka
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Kansai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
kansai
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1031
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million128.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.06 %1.90 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million128.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
日本語
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
japonais
5.3.5 German Name
Tamil
Japanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
300 BC
1185
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Japanese
6.3.3 Language Position
188
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Japanese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ta
ja
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tam
jpn
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tam
jpn
7.3 ISO 639 3
tam
jpn
7.4 ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nucl1643
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
45-CAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Tamil and Japanese Alphabets

Tamil and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Japanese. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Tamil and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Japanese languages. The Tamil phonology consist Tamil vowels and Tamil consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tamil greetings vs Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Tamil and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Tamil and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tamil are spoken in different Tamil Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tamil vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tamil dialects include: Kongu, Madurai Tamil. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Tamil and Japanese Speaking population

Tamil and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Tamil vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Japanese Language Codes

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