Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Lithuania
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Poland
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Malayalam
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Latin
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
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Sveiki
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Ačiū
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Labanakt
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Laba diena
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Labas rytas
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Prašom
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
atsiprašau
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Ate
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kongu
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Curonian
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
tamoul
lituanien
German Name
Tamil
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Lithuanians
Origin
300 BC
c. 1503
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Lithuanian
Language Position
1844
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
lit
ISO 639 2/B
tam
lit
ISO 639 3
tam
lit
ISO 639 6
tam
lit
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
lith1251
Linguasphere
tami1289
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic