Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- 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
Latvian
Malayalam
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
32247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Ačiū
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Labanakt
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Prašom
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
atsiprašau
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Ate
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Kongu
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Kongu
How Many People Speak
500,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Lithuania
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %1.06 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
lituanien
tamoul
German Name
Litauisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
c. 1503
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Baltic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Modern Tamil
Language Position
4418
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
tam
ISO 639 2/B
lit
tam
ISO 639 3
lit
tam
ISO 639 6
lit
tam
Glottocode
lith1251
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-