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Countries

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

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  • 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

Old German Language
Malayalam

Derived From

Prakrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

52247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1612
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

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

20 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

शुभः सायंकालः
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

शुभ दुपार
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

कृपया (kripayā)
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Not present
Kongu

Where They Speak

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Kongu

How Many People Speak

140,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Not present
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

-
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

140,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

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South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

140,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

010
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

14.10 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

14.10 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

-8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

sanskrit
tamoul

German Name

Sanskrit
Tamil

Pronunciation

[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Sanskrit speakers
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

2000 B.C.
300 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Vedic Sanskrit
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Sanskrit
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2318
1 120
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Signed Forms

-
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sa
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

san
tam

ISO 639 2/B

san
tam

ISO 639 3

san
tam

ISO 639 6

san
tam

Glottocode

sans1269
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

No data available
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Ancient
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Sanskrit and Tamil Alphabets

Sanskrit and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sanskrit and Tamil. In Sanskrit Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Sanskrit and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sanskrit and Tamil languages. The Sanskrit phonology consist Sanskrit vowels and Sanskrit consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sanskrit greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sanskrit and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sanskrit and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sanskrit and Tamil Speaking population

Sanskrit and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Tamil on Sanskrit vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Tamil Language Codes

Sanskrit and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.