1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
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
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)
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
bye
3.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Zimbabwe
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
70.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
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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
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
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
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