1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Wales
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Wales
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Argentina, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
English Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
British 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
Not Available
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?)
Sut ydych chi?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Nos da
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Noswaith dda
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
P'nawn da
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Bore da
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
os gwelwch yn dda
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Hwyl
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Dw i'n dy garu di
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Esgusodwch fi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA38,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Gwynedd
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Y Bowyseg
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Powys
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 million7.40 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million7.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cymraeg
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Welsh people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
6.3.2 Standard Forms
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
wels1247
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology