Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Mon
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Malayalam
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1833
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Tangut
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Kongu
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Intha
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Burma
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
tamoul
birman
German Name
Tamil
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Bamar people
Origin
300 BC
1113 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Burmese
Language Position
1843
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
mya
ISO 639 2/B
tam
bur
ISO 639 3
tam
mya
ISO 639 6
tam
mya
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
sout3159
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating