Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
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
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Malayalam
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Halo
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Dankon
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Bonan matenon
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Mi petas
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Ĝis poste
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Kongu
Not present
Where They Speak
Kongu
Not present
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Not present
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Not present
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Not present
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Not present
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
100
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
tamoul
espéranto
German Name
Tamil
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Esperanto speakers
Origin
300 BC
1887
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Esperanto
Language Position
1833
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
epo
ISO 639 2/B
tam
epo
ISO 639 3
tam
epo
ISO 639 6
tam
epo
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
espe1235
Linguasphere
tami1289
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative