Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Lithuania
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Poland
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Malayalam
Latvian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Sveiki
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Ačiū
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Labanakt
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Laba diena
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Labas rytas
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Prašom
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
atsiprašau
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Ate
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kongu
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Curonian
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Lithuania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
tamoul
lituanien
German Name
Tamil
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Lithuanians
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Baltic
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
lith1251
Linguasphere
tami1289
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Tamil and Lithuanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tamil and Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Lithuanian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Tamil vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Lithuanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tamil and Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.