Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
East Asia, European Union
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
- 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
Latin and Italian Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
32247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2718
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Dankon
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Bonan nokton
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Mi petas
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Ĝis poste
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Mi amas vin
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Not present
Kongu
Where They Speak
Not present
Kongu
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Not present
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Not present
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.20 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Esperanto
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
espéranto
tamoul
German Name
Esperanto
Tamil
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
1887
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Esperanto
Modern Tamil
Language Position
3318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signuno
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
eo
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
epo
tam
ISO 639 2/B
epo
tam
ISO 639 3
epo
tam
ISO 639 6
epo
tam
Glottocode
espe1235
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Constructed
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-