Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
65
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malayalam
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1224
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1823
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Kongu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Wu
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Yue
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
tamoul
chinois
German Name
Tamil
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Han
Origin
300 BC
1250 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Chinese
Language Position
181
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
zho
ISO 639 2/B
tam
chi
ISO 639 3
tam
zho
ISO 639 6
tam
zho
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
sini1245
Linguasphere
tami1289
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating