Countries
India
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Malayalam
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
52247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
nomoskaar
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
subhoraattri
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
suprobhaat
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
anugroha kori
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
biḍai
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Kongu
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Kongu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Assam
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.30 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
assamais
tamoul
German Name
Assamesisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
7th century A.D
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Assamese
Modern Tamil
Language Position
6518
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Assamese
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
tam
ISO 639 2/B
asm
tam
ISO 639 3
asm
tam
ISO 639 6
asm
tam
Glottocode
assa1263
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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