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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

India
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

Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  • 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

Marathi
Malayalam

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

52247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3618
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Tamil

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Namaskar
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

Dev Borem Korum
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

kaso assa?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

Rati Boren Zavonn
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

Sanj Borem Zavonn
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

Dis Borem Zavonn
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

Chike
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

Maf kor
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

Adeus
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

hav tujo mog korta.
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

upkar korxi
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Antruz
Kongu

Where They Speak

Goa
Kongu

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Not present
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

-
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

-
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

7.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

110
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kōṅkaṇī
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

konkani
tamoul

German Name

Konkani
Tamil

Pronunciation

kõkɳi
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Konkanis
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

1209 A.D.
300 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Kokani
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2318
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kok
tam

ISO 639 2/B

kok
tam

ISO 639 3

kok
tam

ISO 639 6

kok
tam

Glottocode

goan1235
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

No data available
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Konkani and Tamil Alphabets

Konkani and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Konkani and Tamil. In Konkani Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Konkani and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Konkani and Tamil languages. The Konkani phonology consist Konkani vowels and Konkani consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Konkani greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Konkani and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Konkani 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 Konkani and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Konkani and Tamil Speaking population

Konkani and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Tamil on Konkani vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Tamil Language Codes

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