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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
62
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Hindi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24748
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1212
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1836
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Tamil
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
36
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)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kongu
Doteli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA790,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Bajhangi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Baitadeli
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1012
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.06 %0.25 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
népalais
5.3.5 German Name
Tamil
Nepali
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
300 BC
19 BC
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Nepali
6.3.3 Language Position
1859
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ta
ne
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tam
nep
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tam
nep
7.3 ISO 639 3
tam
npi
7.4 ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nepa1254
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
12
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
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Tamil and Nepali Alphabets

Tamil and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Nepali. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Tamil and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Nepali Speaking population

Tamil and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Tamil vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Nepali Language Codes

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