Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Malayalam
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24730
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1825
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Zdravo
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Hvala
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kako si?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Laku noc
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Dobro jutro
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
molim vas
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Oprostite
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Zbogom
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Volim te
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kongu
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Croatia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
tamoul
bosniaque
German Name
Tamil
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Bosniaks
Origin
300 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Bosnian
Language Position
1824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
bos
ISO 639 2/B
tam
bos
ISO 639 3
tam
bos
ISO 639 6
tam
boss
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
bosn1245
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-