Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
69
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Malayalam
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
-
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1825
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Latin
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)
bok
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
hvala
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
kako si
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
laku noć
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
dobar dan
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
dobro jutro
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
molim
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Oprostite
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Doviđenja
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Volim te
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Kongu
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1079
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Hrvatski
French Name
tamoul
croate
German Name
Tamil
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Croats
Origin
300 BC
9th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
1823
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
tam
hrv
ISO 639 3
tam
hrv
ISO 639 6
tam
hrv
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
croa1245
Linguasphere
tami1289
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic