Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Malayalam
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
24727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Arabic, Javanese, 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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Halo
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Sugeng énjing
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
matur nuwun
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Kongu
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Kongu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Arekan
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1016
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
tamoul
javanais
German Name
Tamil
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
300 BC
450 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Javanese
Language Position
1811
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
jav
ISO 639 2/B
tam
jav
ISO 639 3
tam
jav
ISO 639 6
tam
jav
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
java1253
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative