Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Abkhazia
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Malayalam
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24762
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
122
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1860
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
амритана
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Амарахь
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
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Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Kongu
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Sadz
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Turkey
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.06 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
தமிழ்
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
tamoul
abkhaze
German Name
Tamil
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Abkhaz people
Origin
300 BC
c. 1650
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Abkhaz
Language Position
1828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
abk
ISO 639 2/B
tam
abk
ISO 639 3
tam
abk
ISO 639 6
tam
abks
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
abkh1244
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative