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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Lithuania

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Lithuania

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Poland

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.

Similar To

Malayalam
Latvian

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1212
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Sveiki

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Ačiū

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kaip sekasi?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Labanakt

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Labas vakaras

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Laba diena

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Labas rytas

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
Prašom

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
atsiprašau

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Ate

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Aš myliu tave

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Atsiprašau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Samogitian

Where They Speak

Kongu
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Aukštaitian

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Curonian

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1010
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million3.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million3.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
lietuvių kalba

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy

French Name

tamoul
lituanien

German Name

Tamil
Litauisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Lithuanians

History

Origin

300 BC
c. 1503

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
Baltic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Lithuanian

Language Position

1844
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Lithuanian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
lt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
lit

ISO 639 2/B

tam
lit

ISO 639 3

tam
lit

ISO 639 6

tam
lit

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
lith1251

Linguasphere

tami1289
54-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Tamil and Lithuanian Alphabets

Tamil and Lithuanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Lithuanian. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Lithuanian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Tamil and Lithuanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Lithuanian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Lithuanian Speaking population

Tamil and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Tamil vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Lithuanian Language Codes

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