Countries
European Union, Finland
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Rauma
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
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
Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Finnish and Tamil Speaking population
Finnish and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Finnish and Tamil on Finnish vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Tamil Language Codes
Finnish and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.