Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
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
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Malayalam
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1833
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Kongu
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Marwari
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Bundeli
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
tamoul
hindi
German Name
Tamil
Hindi
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Hindustani people
Origin
300 BC
7th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Hindi
Language Position
185
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
hin
ISO 639 2/B
tam
hin
ISO 639 3
tam
hin
ISO 639 6
tam
hins
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
hind1269
Linguasphere
tami1289
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic