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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

64
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Malayalam
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Habari

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Asante

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Habari gani?

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Habari za asubuhi

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
tafadhali

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
pole

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
bye

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
nakupenda

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Kongu
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Kimgao

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0075,000,000.00
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 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

tamoul
swahili

German Name

Tamil
Swahili

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

300 BC
6th century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Swahili

Language Position

1821
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
swa

ISO 639 2/B

tam
swa

ISO 639 3

tam
swa

ISO 639 6

tam
swa

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
swah1254

Linguasphere

tami1289
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Tamil and Swahili Alphabets

Tamil and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Swahili. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Tamil and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Swahili Speaking population

Tamil and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Tamil vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Swahili Language Codes

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