1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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
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
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
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
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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
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
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 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
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
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
sinh1246
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology