Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Malayalam
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
28247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
103
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
谢谢
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
你好吗？
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
晚安
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
晚上好
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
下午好
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
早上好
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
请
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
遗憾
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
再见
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
我爱你
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
原谅我
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kongu
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Kongu
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
70,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
52.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
71.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
cantonais
tamoul
German Name
Kantonesisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
17th century
300 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Tamil
Language Position
118
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Tamil
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
tam
ISO 639 2/B
yue
tam
ISO 639 3
No data available
tam
ISO 639 6
yue
tam
Glottocode
cant1236
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-