Countries
India, Nepal
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Malayalam
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
48247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
कृपया
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kongu
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kongu
How Many People Speak
790,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
népalais
tamoul
German Name
Nepali
Tamil
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
19 BC
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Tamil
Language Position
5918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
tam
ISO 639 2/B
nep
tam
ISO 639 3
npi
tam
ISO 639 6
nep
tam
Glottocode
nepa1254
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
12
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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