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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Thailand

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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

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.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Malayalam
Lao Language

Derived From

-
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24744
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1232
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1844
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Thai

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

தயவு (Tayavu)
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kongu
Isan

Where They Speak

Kongu
Isan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

109
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

தமிழ்
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

tamoul
thaï

German Name

Tamil
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

Tamil people or Tamilans
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

300 BC
1283 CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Thai

Language Position

1847
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tamil
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ta
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tam
tha

ISO 639 2/B

tam
tha

ISO 639 3

tam
tha

ISO 639 6

tam
tha

Glottocode

tami1289, oldt1248
thai1261

Linguasphere

tami1289
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Isolating

Tamil and Thai Alphabets

Tamil and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Thai. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Tamil and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Thai 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 Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tamil and Thai Speaking population

Tamil and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Tamil vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Thai Language Codes

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