Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bulgaria
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Malayalam
Macedonian language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1836
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Kongu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Pirdop
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1058
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Balgarski
French Name
tamoul
bulgare
German Name
Tamil
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Bulgarian people
Origin
300 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
1888
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
bul
ISO 639 2/B
tam
bul
ISO 639 3
tam
bul
ISO 639 6
tam
buls
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
bulg1262
Linguasphere
tami1289
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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