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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Pakistan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Pakistan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania
Asia

Minority Language

India
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  • 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

Arabic and Hindi Languages
Malayalam

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

52247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1012
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4018
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Tamil

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

سلام علیکم
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

براہ مہربانی
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

معاف کرنا
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

الوداع
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini
Kongu

Where They Speak

India
Kongu

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

India
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rekhta
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

South Asia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

310
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

61.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

اُردُو
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Bihari
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

ourdou
tamoul

German Name

Urdu
Tamil

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

12th Century CE
300 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2018
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ur
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd
tam

ISO 639 2/B

urd
tam

ISO 639 3

urd
tam

ISO 639 6

urd
tam

Glottocode

urdu1245
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Urdu and Tamil Alphabets

Urdu and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Tamil. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Urdu and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Tamil languages. The Urdu phonology consist Urdu vowels and Urdu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Urdu greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Urdu and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Urdu and Tamil Speaking population

Urdu and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Tamil on Urdu vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Tamil Language Codes

Urdu and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.