1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Pakistan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Not Available
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
Right-To-Left, 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
خوش آمديد
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
سلام علیکم
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
براہ مہربانی
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
معاف کرنا
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
الوداع
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Asia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
104.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
61.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
43.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bihari
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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
urdu1245
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology