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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
16
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
53247
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1012
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4318
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
Ndicela
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Kongu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
910
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million78.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %1.06 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million70.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million8.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Tamil
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
300 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
NA18
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
ta
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
tam
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
tam
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
tam
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Xhosa and Tamil Alphabets

Xhosa and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Tamil. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Xhosa and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Tamil languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Xhosa and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Xhosa and Tamil Speaking population

Xhosa and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Tamil on Xhosa vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Tamil Language Codes

Xhosa and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.