1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Norway
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Norway
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Nynorsk
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Swedish and Danish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
hvordan har du det?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
god natt
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
god kveld
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
god ettermiddag
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
god morgen
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Vær så snill
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
unnskyld
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
ha det
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Jeg Elsker Deg
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
unnskyld meg
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Jamtland,Harjedalen
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Sogn
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Hallingmål-Valdris
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Hallingdal, Valdres
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 million5.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million5.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Norsk
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Norwegians
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Nynorsk, Bokmål
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Norwegian
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
norw1258
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
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