Countries
European Union, Finland
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Estonia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
29247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1318
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moi
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Kiitos
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
haluta
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Anteeksi
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Heippa
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Kongu
Where They Speak
Finland
Kongu
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Rauma
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
60,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.40 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %1.06 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.40 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Suomi
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
finnois
tamoul
German Name
Finnisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
1543
300 BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
-
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Modern Tamil
Language Position
2218
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fi
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fin
tam
ISO 639 2/B
fin
tam
ISO 639 3
fin
tam
ISO 639 6
fin
tam
Glottocode
finn1318
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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