Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Nepal
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Malayalam
Hindi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24748
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1836
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Devanagari
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)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
कृपया
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Doteli
Where They Speak
Kongu
Nepal
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Nepal
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
tamoul
népalais
German Name
Tamil
Nepali
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
300 BC
19 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Nepali
Language Position
1859
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ta
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
nep
ISO 639 2/B
tam
nep
ISO 639 3
tam
npi
ISO 639 6
tam
nep
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
nepa1254
Linguasphere
tami1289
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative