Tamil and Oriya Speaking countries

Tamil and Oriya as Minority Language

In Tamil and Oriya speaking countries you will get the countries which have Tamil and Oriya as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Tamil and Oriya dialects, then you can go to Tamil vs Oriya Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Tamil and Oriya Regulators

Tamil and Oriya speaking countries provide you Tamil and Oriya regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University regulates Tamil language.Oriya is not regulated. Also get to learn, Tamil and Oriya Language History.

Tamil and Oriya Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Oriya continents in which Tamil and Oriya speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Oriya. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in Asia. While Oriya speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Tamil and Oriya languages:

Tamil 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.

Oriya Interesting Facts:

• The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
• Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.

The Tamil language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Malayalam whereas Tamil language is similar to Bengali and Assamese and derived from Sanskrit Language.