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 in
Alphabets
27247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.25 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
82.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
450 AD
300 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
-
-
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
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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