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Countries

Countries

Indonesia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  • 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

Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Malayalam

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

27247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Javanese, 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

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

matur nuwun
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

piye kabare?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

wengi sing apik
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

Sugeng sọnten
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

Sugeng siang
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

Sugeng énjing
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

matur nuwun
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

Nyuwun pangapunten
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

Kepanggih malih benjang
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

Kula tresna panjengan
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

Nuwun séwu
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Pekalongan
Kongu

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Kongu

How Many People Speak

82,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cirebon
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

82,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arekan
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Indonesia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

82,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1610
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

82.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.25 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

82.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

basa Jawa
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Djawa, Jawa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

javanais
tamoul

German Name

Javanisch
Tamil

Pronunciation

[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

450 AD
300 BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Javanese
Modern Tamil

Language Position

1118
1 120
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Signed Forms

Javanese Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

jv
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jav
tam

ISO 639 2/B

jav
tam

ISO 639 3

jav
tam

ISO 639 6

jav
tam

Glottocode

java1253
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
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Javanese and Tamil Alphabets

Javanese and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Javanese and Tamil. In Javanese Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Javanese and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Javanese and Tamil languages. The Javanese phonology consist Javanese vowels and Javanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Javanese greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Javanese and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Javanese and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Javanese and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Javanese and Tamil Speaking population

Javanese and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Tamil on Javanese vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Tamil Language Codes

Javanese and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.