Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Malayalam
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
24747
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1822
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
pranam
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Suprabhaat
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
kripaya
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
maf karai
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Alavidā
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kongu
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Kongu
Nepal
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
North India
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Khortha
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1015
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.06 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
70.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
தமிழ்
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
tamoul
maithili
German Name
Tamil
Maithili
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Maithil
Origin
300 BC
14th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Maithili
Language Position
1840
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
mai
ISO 639 2/B
tam
mai
ISO 639 3
tam
mai
ISO 639 6
tam
mai
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
mait1250
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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