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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
Nepal

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
People's Republic of China

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Language Academy of Nepal

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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.

Similar To

Malayalam
Hindi

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24748
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1212
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1836
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Devanagari

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)
नमस्ते (namaste)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good afternoon

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
नमस्ते (namaste)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Doteli

Where They Speak

Kongu
Nepal

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00790,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Bajhangi

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Baitadeli

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Nepal

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0017,000,000.00
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 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
नेपाली (nēpālī)

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate

French Name

tamoul
népalais

German Name

Tamil
Nepali

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[neˈpali]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu

History

Origin

300 BC
19 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Nepali

Language Position

1859
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Signed Nepali

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
ne

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
nep

ISO 639 2/B

tam
nep

ISO 639 3

tam
npi

ISO 639 6

tam
nep

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
nepa1254

Linguasphere

tami1289
12

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Tamil and Nepali Alphabets

Tamil and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Nepali. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Tamil and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Nepali Speaking population

Tamil and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Tamil vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Nepali Language Codes

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