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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
61
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24754
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1218
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1836
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Tamil
Sinhala alphabet
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)
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kongu
Vedda
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
101
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million16.00 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 million16.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
tamoul
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Tamil
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
300 BC
3
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
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
1870
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
si
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tam
sin
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tam
sin
7.3 ISO 639 3
tam
sin
7.4 ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
sinh1246
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Tamil and Sinhalese Alphabets

Tamil and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Sinhalese. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Tamil and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Tamil and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Tamil and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tamil are spoken in different Tamil Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tamil vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tamil dialects include: Kongu, Madurai Tamil. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Tamil and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Tamil and Sinhalese Language Codes

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