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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

63
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Malayalam
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

126
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1823
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
سلام

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
متشکرم

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
چطور هستید?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
شب بخیر

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
صبح به خیر

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
لطفا

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
متاسف

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
خدا حافظ

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Western Persian

Where They Speak

Kongu
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.007,900,000.00
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 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
فارسی

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

tamoul
persan

German Name

Tamil
Persisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Persian people

History

Origin

300 BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Persian

Language Position

1823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
fas

ISO 639 2/B

tam
per

ISO 639 3

tam
pes

ISO 639 6

tam
pers

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
fars1254

Linguasphere

tami1289
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Tamil and Persian Alphabets

Tamil and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Persian. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Tamil and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Persian 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 Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Persian Speaking population

Tamil and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Tamil vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Persian Language Codes

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