1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Japan
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
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Korean Language
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, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Fukuoka
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
kansai
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 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million128.00 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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Japanese
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
nucl1643
7.6 Linguasphere
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic