Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
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Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Malayalam
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
24723
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1814
9
60
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Scripts
Tamil
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Kumno
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Khublei
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
thia sukh
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
khublei
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sngewbha
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Map
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
khublei
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Kongu
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Kongu
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How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
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How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.06 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
70.00 million0.84 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
tamoul
khasi
German Name
Tamil
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Khasi people
Origin
300 BC
1200 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Khasi
Language Position
1840
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
kha
ISO 639 2/B
tam
kha
ISO 639 3
tam
kha
ISO 639 6
tam
kha
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
khas1269
Linguasphere
tami1289
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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