Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Finland
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Malayalam
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Moi
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Kiitos
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
haluta
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Anteeksi
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Heippa
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Kongu
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Kongu
Finland
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Rauma
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Suomi
French Name
tamoul
finnois
German Name
Tamil
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
finn1318
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Tamil and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Finnish language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Finnish Difficulty
The Tamil vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.