1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Mon
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali 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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Burma
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Bamar people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Burmese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Burmese sign language
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
sout3159
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
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating