Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
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
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Malayalam
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
-
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1828
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Kartli
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Pshavian
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.06 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
70.00 million4.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
தமிழ்
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
tamoul
géorgien
German Name
Tamil
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Georgians
Origin
300 BC
5th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
-
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Georgian
Language Position
18120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ta
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
kat
ISO 639 2/B
tam
geo
ISO 639 3
tam
kat
ISO 639 6
tam
kat
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nucl1302
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic