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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry

Total No. Of Countries

63
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry

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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala

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.
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.

Similar To

Malayalam
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24753
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1215
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1841
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
ഹലോ (halēā)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
നന്ദി (nandi)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
വിട (viṭa)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Judeo-Malayalam

Where They Speak

Kongu
Israel, kerala

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Mappila

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
India

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Pandy Malayalam

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
France, kerala

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

103
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million38.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.57 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla

French Name

tamoul
malayalam

German Name

Tamil
Malayalam

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Malayali

History

Origin

300 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early form

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Malayalam

Language Position

1829
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed Malayalam

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
ml

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
mal

ISO 639 2/B

tam
mal

ISO 639 3

tam
mal

ISO 639 6

tam
mal

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
mala1464

Linguasphere

tami1289
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Tamil and Malayalam Alphabets

Tamil and Malayalam Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Malayalam. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Tamil and Malayalam languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Malayalam are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Malayalam Speaking population

Tamil and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Tamil vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Malayalam Language Codes

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