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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian

Total No. Of Countries

65
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
North Korea, South Korea

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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
The National Institute of the Korean Language

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.
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.

Similar To

Malayalam
Chinese and Japanese languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24740
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1221
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1819
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Hangul

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
하십시오 (hasibsio)

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
안녕 (annyeong)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Jeju

Where They Speak

Kongu
South Korea

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
South Korea

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1012
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million77.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million77.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
한국어 (조선말)

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh

French Name

tamoul
coréen

German Name

Tamil
Koreanisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[hangukmal]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Koreans

History

Origin

300 BC
Before 1st century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Koreanic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard

Language Position

1812
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
ko

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
kor

ISO 639 2/B

tam
kor

ISO 639 3

tam
Kor

ISO 639 6

tam
kor

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
kore1280

Linguasphere

tami1289
45-AAA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Tamil and Korean Alphabets

Tamil and Korean Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Korean. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters. To learn Tamil and Korean languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Korean 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 Korean greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Korean are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Korean Speaking population

Tamil and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Tamil vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Korean Language Codes

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