1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
Latvia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.5 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.8 Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.9 Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- 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.
1.10 Similar To
Lithuanian Language
Malayalam
1.11 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
1.3 Phonology
1.3.1 How Many Vowels
1.4.1 How Many Consonants
2.3 Scripts
2.4 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.5 Hard to Learn
2.5.1 Language Levels
2.6.3 Time Taken to Learn
4 Greetings
4.1 Hello
Sveiki
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
4.2 Thank You
4.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
4.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
4.5 Good Evening
Labvakar
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
4.6 Good Afternoon
Labdien
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
4.7 Good Morning
Labrīt
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
4.8 Please
4.9 Sorry
Piedodiet!
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
4.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
4.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
4.12 Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
5 Dialects
5.1 Dialect 1
5.1.1 Where They Speak
5.1.2 How Many People Speak
6.8 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Madurai Tamil
6.8.1 Where They Speak
Latvia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
6.8.2 How Many People Speak
1.3 Dialect 3
High Latvian
Tirunelveli Tamil
1.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Latvia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
1.3.2 How Many People Speak
2.3 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.75 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.5 Speaking Population
5.10 Native Speakers
1.75 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.10.2 Second Language Speakers
6.1.1 Native Name
6.1.2 Alternative Names
Lettish
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
6.1.3 French Name
6.1.4 German Name
6.2 Pronunciation
6.3 Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Tamil people or Tamilans
7 History
7.1 Origin
7.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
7.2.1 Subgroup
7.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
7.3 Language Forms
7.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
7.3.2 Standard Forms
7.3.3 Language Position
9.2.1 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
9.3 Scope
10 Code
10.1 ISO 639 1
10.2 ISO 639 2
10.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
10.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
10.3 ISO 639 3
10.4 ISO 639 6
10.5 Glottocode
latv1249
tami1289, oldt1248
10.6 Linguasphere
10.7 Types of Language
10.7.1 Language Type
10.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
10.7.3 Language Morphological Typology