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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

1015
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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

History

Origin

300 BC
14th century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
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Branch

-
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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

Code

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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Tamil and Maithili Alphabets

Tamil and Maithili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Maithili. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Maithili Alphabets there are 47 letters. To learn Tamil and Maithili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Maithili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Maithili Speaking population

Tamil and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Tamil vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Maithili Language Codes

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