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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Malayalam
Dutch Language

Derived From

-
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1215
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1817
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

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

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
hallo

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Dankie

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
goeie nag

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Goeie middag

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
goeie more

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
asseblief

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
jammer

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Totsiens

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Kongu
-

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
-

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Namibia

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

103
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Cape Dutch

French Name

tamoul
afrikaans

German Name

Tamil
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Afrikaners

History

Origin

300 BC
17th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

1823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
afr

ISO 639 2/B

tam
afr

ISO 639 3

tam
afr

ISO 639 6

tam
afrs

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
afri1274

Linguasphere

tami1289
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic

Tamil and Afrikaans Alphabets

Tamil and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Afrikaans. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Tamil and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Afrikaans languages. The Tamil phonology consist Tamil vowels and Tamil consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tamil greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Tamil and Afrikaans 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 Tamil and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Tamil and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tamil are spoken in different Tamil Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tamil vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tamil dialects include: Kongu, Madurai Tamil. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Tamil and Afrikaans Speaking population

Tamil and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Tamil and Afrikaans on Tamil vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Afrikaans Language Codes

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