1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.11 National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
2.12 Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Lesotho, South Africa
2.13 Speaking Continents
2.14 Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Botswana, Lesotho
2.15 Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Not Available
2.16 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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
2.17 Similar To
Malayalam
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
2.18 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.5 Phonology
3.5.1 How Many Vowels
4.1.1 How Many Consonants
6.9 Scripts
6.10 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
6.11 Hard to Learn
6.11.1 Language Levels
6.11.2 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Ndiyabulela
2.3 How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Unjani
2.4 Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Ulale kakuhle
2.5 Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Ubusuku obuhle
2.6 Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
2.7 Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Molo
2.8 Please
2.9 Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Ndicela uxolo
2.10 Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
2.11 I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ndiyakuthanda
2.12 Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Uxolo
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
5.4 Dialect 2
5.4.1 Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
South Africa
5.4.2 How Many People Speak
5.6 Dialect 3
5.6.1 Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
South Africa
5.6.2 How Many People Speak
6.8 Total No. Of Dialects
7 How Many People Speak
7.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
1.3 Speaking Population
3.4 Native Speakers
70.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
3.9.2 Second Language Speakers
8.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
3.10.3 Native Name
3.10.4 Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
3.10.5 French Name
3.10.6 German Name
3.11 Pronunciation
3.12 Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
4 History
4.1 Origin
4.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
4.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
4.2.2 Branch
4.3 Language Forms
4.3.1 Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
4.3.2 Standard Forms
4.3.3 Language Position
5.7.2 Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Xhosa
5.8 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
6.5 Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
xhos1239
6.6 Linguasphere
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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