Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Mon
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Malayalam
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Kongu
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Intha
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
tamoul
birman
German Name
Tamil
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Bamar people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
sout3159
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Tamil and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Burmese language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Burmese Difficulty
The Tamil vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.