Tamil and Sinhalese Speaking countries

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.

If you want to compare Tamil and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Tamil vs Sinhalese Dialects. 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. Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University regulates Tamil language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Tamil and Sinhalese Language History.

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 Asia. While Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese 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.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

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

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