Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
German Name
Türkisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Tamil people or Tamilans
Language Family
Turkic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
nucl1301
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish and Tamil Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Tamil language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Tamil Difficulty
The Turkish vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Tamil Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.