1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
3.3 National Language
South Africa
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
3.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
3.5 Speaking Continents
3.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
3.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
3.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
3.9 Similar To
3.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
5.5 Phonology
5.5.1 How Many Vowels
6.8.1 How Many Consonants
8.2 Scripts
8.3 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
8.4 Hard to Learn
8.4.1 Language Levels
8.5.1 Time Taken to Learn
9 Greetings
9.1 Hello
9.2 Thank You
9.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
9.4 Good Night
goeie nag
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
9.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
9.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
9.7 Good Morning
goeie more
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
9.8 Please
9.9 Sorry
jammer
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
9.10 Bye
Not Available
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
9.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
9.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
10 Dialects
10.1 Dialect 1
10.1.1 Where They Speak
10.1.2 How Many People Speak
10.3 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Madurai Tamil
10.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
10.3.2 How Many People Speak
11.4 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Tirunelveli Tamil
11.4.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
11.4.2 How Many People Speak
2.8 Total No. Of Dialects
6 How Many People Speak
6.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
1.3 Speaking Population
4.4 Native Speakers
7.10 million70.00 million
0.13
873
4.6.2 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million8.00 million
0.01
400
1.2.1 Native Name
1.2.2 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
1.2.3 French Name
1.2.4 German Name
1.3 Pronunciation
1.4 Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Tamil people or Tamilans
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Tamil
2.3.3 Language Position
4.2.1 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Tamil
4.3 Scope
5 Code
5.1 ISO 639 1
5.2 ISO 639 2
5.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
5.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
5.3 ISO 639 3
5.4 ISO 639 6
5.5 Glottocode
afri1274
tami1289, oldt1248
5.6 Linguasphere
5.7 Types of Language
5.7.1 Language Type
5.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
5.7.3 Language Morphological Typology