Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bhutan
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
India
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Dzongkha Development 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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Malayalam
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24795
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1830
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Tsip maza
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Kongu
Laya
Where They Speak
Kongu
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Lunana
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Adap
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
tamoul
dzongkha
German Name
Tamil
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Ngalop people
Origin
300 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Dzongkha
Language Position
1831
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
tam
dzo
ISO 639 3
tam
dzo
ISO 639 6
tam
dzo
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nucl1307
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-