Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Abkhazia
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Malayalam
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
амритана
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Амарахь
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
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Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Извините (Izvinite)
Where They Speak
Kongu
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Sadz
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
தமிழ்
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
tamoul
abkhaze
German Name
Tamil
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
abkh1244
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Tamil and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tamil and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Abkhaz language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Tamil vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tamil and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.