Tamil and Sinhalese Speaking countries

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

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Asia

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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

Sri Lanka

Asia

Not spoken in any of the countries

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

Maldivian Language

Sanskrit Language

Tamil vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Tamil vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Tamil and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Tamil is official language is whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is

Find if Tamil and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Tamil and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Tamil and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Tamil vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Tamil vs Sinhalese.

Tamil and Sinhalese as Minority Language

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

Tamil as minority language: .
Sinhalese as minority language: .

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

Tamil and Sinhalese Regulators

Tamil and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Tamil and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Tamil language.Sinhalese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Tamil vs Sinhalese.

Tamil and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Sinhalese continents in which Tamil and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Sinhalese. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in . While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in . 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 Sinhalese languages:

Tamil Interesting Facts:

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

The Tamil language was derived from and is similar to whereas Tamil language is similar to and derived from .