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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
63
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24753
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1215
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1841
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Tamil
Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
32
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kongu
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Mappila
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
103
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million38.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.06 %0.57 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million38.00 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
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
malayalam
5.3.5 German Name
Tamil
Malayalam
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Malayali
6 History
6.1 Origin
300 BC
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian 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
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Malayalam
6.3.3 Language Position
1829
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ta
ml
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tam
mal
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tam
mal
7.3 ISO 639 3
tam
mal
7.4 ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
mala1464
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic

Tamil and Malayalam Alphabets

Tamil and Malayalam Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Malayalam. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Tamil and Malayalam languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Malayalam are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Malayalam Speaking population

Tamil and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Tamil vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Malayalam Language Codes

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