Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Malayalam
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24736
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1828
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
kedụ
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
dalụ
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Biko
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Ndo
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Kachifo
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Kongu
Enuani
Where They Speak
Kongu
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Not present
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
-
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
igbo
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Ibo
French Name
tamoul
igbo
German Name
Tamil
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Igbo people
Origin
300 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Igbo
Language Position
1857
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
tam
ibo
ISO 639 3
tam
ibo
ISO 639 6
tam
ibo
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nucl1417
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative