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 in
Alphabets
52247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3618
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Kongu
Where They Speak
Goa
Kongu
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
110
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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
-
-