Countries
Georgia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
- 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
33247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2818
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Kongu
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Kongu
How Many People Speak
80,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kartlian
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Kartli
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pshavian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Pshavi
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
4.30 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.64 %1.06 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.30 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
géorgien
tamoul
German Name
Georgisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
5th Century
300 BC
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Southern
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Modern Tamil
Language Position
12018
1
120
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Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ka
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
tam
ISO 639 2/B
geo
tam
ISO 639 3
kat
tam
ISO 639 6
kat
tam
Glottocode
nucl1302
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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