1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.4 National Language
Malaysia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
2.5 Second Language
Indonesia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
2.6 Speaking Continents
2.7 Minority Language
Thailand
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
2.8 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
2.9 Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
2.10 Similar To
Indonesian Language
Malayalam
2.11 Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
4.8 Phonology
4.8.1 How Many Vowels
5.1.1 How Many Consonants
5.3 Scripts
5.4 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
5.5 Hard to Learn
5.5.1 Language Levels
5.6.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
terima kasih
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
6.3 How Are You?
Apa khabar?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
6.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
6.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
6.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
6.7 Good Morning
Selamat pagi
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
maaf
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
6.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
6.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
6.12 Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Kongu
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
1.3 Dialect 2
1.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
1.3.2 How Many People Speak
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00NA
1400
96000000
3.5 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
4.5 Speaking Population
6.2 Native Speakers
77.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
6.3.3 Second Language Speakers
98.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
1.3.3 Native Name
1.3.4 Alternative Names
Not Available
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
1.3.5 French Name
1.3.6 German Name
1.4 Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
1.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Tamil people or Tamilans
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
2.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Tamil
2.3.3 Language Position
2.4.1 Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
2.5 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
3.5 Glottocode
stan1306
tami1289, oldt1248
3.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available