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Countries

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

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Tibetan Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24795
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1830
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks38 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Laya

Where They Speak

Kongu
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.001,100.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Lunana

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00700.00
700 274000000
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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
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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 million0.64 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million0.17 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million0.47 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Tamil and Dzongkha Alphabets

Tamil and Dzongkha Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Dzongkha. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters. To learn Tamil and Dzongkha languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Dzongkha are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Dzongkha Speaking population

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

Tamil and Dzongkha Language Codes

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