Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
76
0
46
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National Language
Germany
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
26247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
918
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Danke
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
guten Abend
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
bitte
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Verzeihung
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Tschüs
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Kongu
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Kongu
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Swabian German
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Germany
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
820,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Texas German
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Texas
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
6,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
229.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.39 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
101.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Deutsch
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
allemand
tamoul
German Name
Deutsch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
6th Century AD
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Modern Tamil
Language Position
918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
de
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
deu
tam
ISO 639 2/B
ger
tam
ISO 639 3
deu
tam
ISO 639 6
deus
tam
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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