1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Cambodia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Australia, France, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Not Available
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit 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
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ND
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
ND
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
ND
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
ND
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ND
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
ND
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ND
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ND
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Vietnam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Western Khmer
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Cambodia, Thailand
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 million16.00 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
தமிழ்
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cambodian, Khmer
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Khmer, Northern Khmer
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic 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
Proto-Khmer
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Khmer
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Not Available
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
khme1253
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
Analytic, Isolating