Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Norway
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Malayalam
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
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
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
hallo
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
takk
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
god natt
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
god morgen
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
Vær så snill
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
unnskyld
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
ha det
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Kongu
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Kongu
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Sogn
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1019
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
Norsk
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Norsk
French Name
tamoul
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Tamil
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Norwegians
Origin
300 BC
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
1818
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ta
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
nor
ISO 639 2/B
tam
nor
ISO 639 3
tam
nor
ISO 639 6
tam
nor
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
norw1258
Linguasphere
tami1289
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional