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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Fiji, India

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Central Hindi Directorate

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.
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.

Similar To

Malayalam
Urdu

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24744
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1211
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1833
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Devanagari

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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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
नमस्ते (Namastē)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
खेद (Khēda)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
अलविदा (Alavidā)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Khariboli

Where They Speak

Kongu
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Marwari

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Bundeli

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bundelkhand

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1021
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million380.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %4.70 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million260.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million120.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
हिन्दी

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli

French Name

tamoul
hindi

German Name

Tamil
Hindi

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Hindustani people

History

Origin

300 BC
7th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Standard Hindi

Language Position

185
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
hi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
hin

ISO 639 2/B

tam
hin

ISO 639 3

tam
hin

ISO 639 6

tam
hins

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
hind1269

Linguasphere

tami1289
59-AAF-qf

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Tamil and Hindi Alphabets

Tamil and Hindi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Hindi. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Hindi Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Tamil and Hindi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Hindi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Hindi Speaking population

Tamil and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Tamil vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Hindi Language Codes

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