1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.6 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.7 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Speaking Continents
1.9 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.10 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
1.11 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
1.12 Similar To
Malayalam
Amharic and Hebrew
1.13 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.1.3 How Many Consonants
5.3 Scripts
5.4 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
5.5 Hard to Learn
5.5.1 Language Levels
7.8.3 Time Taken to Learn
9 Greetings
9.1 Hello
9.2 Thank You
9.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
كيف حالك؟
9.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
تصبح على خير
9.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
مساء الخير
9.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
مساء الخير
9.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
صباح الخير
9.8 Please
9.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
آسف
9.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
وداعا
9.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
أحبك
9.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
اعذرني
10 Dialects
10.1 Dialect 1
10.1.1 Where They Speak
Kongu
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
10.1.2 How Many People Speak
11.2 Dialect 2
11.2.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Sudan
11.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA17,000,000.00
700
80000000
13.8 Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Levantine
13.8.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Cyprus, Levant
13.8.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
1400
96000000
13.10 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million452.00 million
0.13
1200
6.8 Speaking Population
1.4 Native Speakers
70.00 million206.00 million
0.13
873
4.5.2 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million246.00 million
0.01
400
1.2.1 Native Name
தமிழ்
(al arabiya) العربية
1.2.2 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
1.2.3 French Name
1.2.4 German Name
1.3 Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
1.4 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Arabs
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Standard Arabic
2.3.3 Language Position
3.7.4 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Arabic
3.8 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
4.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
arab1395
4.6 Linguasphere
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic