Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
67
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Malayalam
Turkish
Derived From
-
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1823
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Salam
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
necəsən
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
lütfən
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
üzr
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
xudafiz
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Kongu
Derbent
Where They Speak
Kongu
Russia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Baku
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1033
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million26.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
tamoul
azéri
German Name
Tamil
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Azerbaijani
Origin
300 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Azerbaijani
Language Position
1838
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ta
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
aze
ISO 639 2/B
tam
aze
ISO 639 3
tam
aze
ISO 639 6
tam
aze
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
azer1255
Linguasphere
tami1289
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative