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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

633
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
South Africa

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Malayalam
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Hello

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Thank you

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
How are you?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Night

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Good Morning

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
Please

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Sorry

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Bye

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
I love you

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
American English

Where They Speak

Kongu
United States of America

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Welsh English

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

10188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
English

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
English

French Name

tamoul
anglais

German Name

Tamil
Englisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
English people

History

Origin

300 BC
5th Century AD

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Standard English

Language Position

183
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
eng

ISO 639 2/B

tam
eng

ISO 639 3

tam
eng

ISO 639 6

tam
engs

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
stan1293

Linguasphere

tami1289
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Tamil and English Alphabets

Tamil and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and English. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Tamil and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and English Speaking population

Tamil and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and English languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Tamil vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and English Language Codes

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