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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1212
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1833
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Tangut

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

105
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million43.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.50 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million33.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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

Tamil and Burmese Alphabets

Tamil and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Burmese. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Tamil and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Burmese Speaking population

Tamil and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Tamil vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Burmese Language Codes

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