1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Bhojpuri Language
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
pranam
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Śubharātri
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
shubh sandhya
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Suprabhaat
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
maf karai
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Alavidā
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
kripaya
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
North India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Khortha
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Deoghar, France
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 million32.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million27.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Maithil
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Maithili
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
mait1250
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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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