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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

65
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Malayalam
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

-
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24729
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1220
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Hallo

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Mange tak

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
God nat

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
God aften

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
God morgen

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
Please

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Undskyld!

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Farvel

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Scanian

Where They Speak

Kongu
Sweden

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Denmark

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

104
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
dansk

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

tamoul
danois

German Name

Tamil
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

300 BC
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Rigsdansk

Language Position

1818
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
dan

ISO 639 2/B

tam
dan

ISO 639 3

tam
dan

ISO 639 6

tam
dan

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
dani1284

Linguasphere

tami1289
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Tamil and Danish Alphabets

Tamil and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Danish. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Tamil and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Danish Speaking population

Tamil and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Tamil vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Danish Language Codes

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