1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Sweden
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Finland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
1.9 Similar To
Malayalam
Norwegian and Danish Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Old Norse 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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
hur mår du
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
godnatt
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
god kväll
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
god eftermiddag
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
god morgon
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ledsen
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
hej då
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
jag älskar dig
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ursäkta mig
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Georgia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Dialects
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
France
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA96,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million8.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Ruotsi, Svenska
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Swedes, Finland Swedes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Swedish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Swedish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
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
swed1254
7.6 Linguasphere
tami1289
52-AAA-ck to -cw
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available