Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Finland
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Malayalam
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1813
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Moi
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Kiitos
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
haluta
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Anteeksi
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Heippa
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Kongu
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Kongu
Finland
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Rauma
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0060,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million5.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million5.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million0.01 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Suomi
French Name
tamoul
finnois
German Name
Tamil
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
ethnic Finns
Origin
300 BC
1543
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
standard Finnish
Language Position
1822
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
fi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
fin
ISO 639 2/B
tam
fin
ISO 639 3
tam
fin
ISO 639 6
tam
fin
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
finn1318
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic