1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Not Available
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
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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
Tamil
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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?)
Tu çawa yî?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Şev xweş
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Evare baş
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bibûre
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Be xêr çî
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Bê zehmet
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Central Kurdish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
தமிழ்
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
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5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Kurds
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
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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
kurd1259
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
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