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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India

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
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.
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.

Similar To

Malayalam
Old German Language

Derived From

-
Prakrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24752
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1216
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

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks20 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभः सायंकालः

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
शुभ दुपार

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया (kripayā)

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Not present

Where They Speak

Kongu
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How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Not present

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00140,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Not present

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
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How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00140,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

100
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million14.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million14.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam

French Name

tamoul
sanskrit

German Name

Tamil
Sanskrit

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Sanskrit speakers

History

Origin

300 BC
2000 B.C.

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Vedic Sanskrit

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Sanskrit

Language Position

1823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
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Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
sa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
san

ISO 639 2/B

tam
san

ISO 639 3

tam
san

ISO 639 6

tam
san

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
sans1269

Linguasphere

tami1289
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Ancient

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Tamil and Sanskrit Alphabets

Tamil and Sanskrit Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Sanskrit. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Sanskrit Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Tamil and Sanskrit languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Sanskrit are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Sanskrit Speaking population

Tamil and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Tamil vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Sanskrit Language Codes

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