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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Zambia

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Malayalam
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24731
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1818
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Moni

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Zikomo

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Masana abwino

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
M'mawa wabwino

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
Chonde

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
pepani

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
anatsanzikana

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Kongu
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.001,200,000.00
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 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

tamoul
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Tamil
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Chewa people

History

Origin

300 BC
15th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Chewa

Language Position

1827
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
nya

ISO 639 2/B

tam
nya

ISO 639 3

tam
nya

ISO 639 6

tam
nya

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
nyan1308

Linguasphere

tami1289
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

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Tamil and Chewa Alphabets

Tamil and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Chewa. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Tamil and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Chewa Speaking population

Tamil and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Tamil vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Chewa Language Codes

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