Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
116
0
46
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National Language
Turkey
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Malayalam
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
29247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2118
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Merhaba
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
günaydın
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
lütfen
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
üzgünüm
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Hoşçakal
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Kongu
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Kongu
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
480,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
140,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
910
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.95 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Türkçe
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
turc
tamoul
German Name
Türkisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
c. 1350
300 BC
Language Family
Turkic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Turkic
-
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Tamil
Language Position
1918
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
tr
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tur
tam
ISO 639 2/B
tur
tam
ISO 639 3
tur
tam
ISO 639 6
tur
tam
Glottocode
nucl1301
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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