Tamil ek Dravidian bhasa hae jisme India ke state, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Singapore aur Malaysia me baat karaa jaae hae. Ii Dravidian bhasa parivar ke bhasa hae. Ii ek classical bhasa hae, aur dunia ke likha gais bhasa me se ek sab se purana bhasa hae. Sab se purana sahitya Tamil me hae Tolkāppiyam.
Number Tamil me |
Number Fiji Hindi me
|
ondru |
ek
|
irandu |
dui
|
mu:ndru |
tiin
|
na:ngu |
chaar
|
aindu |
paanch
|
a:ru |
chhe
|
e:zhu |
saat
|
ettu |
aath
|
onbadu |
nau
|
pattu |
das
|
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Fiji Hindi |
Tamil
|
Sombaar |
Thingat-kizhamai
|
Mangar |
Sevvaai-kizhamai
|
Budh |
Buthan-kizhamai
|
Bif |
Viyaazha-kizhamai
|
Suk |
Velli-kizhamai
|
Sanichar |
Sani-kizhamai
|
Etwaar |
Gnaayitru-kizhamai
|
[8]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Top 30 Languages by Number of Native Speakers: sourced from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed. (2005)". Vistawide - World Languages & Cultures. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- ↑ "Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Official languages". UNESCO. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ↑ "Official languages of Tamilnadu". Tamilnadu Government. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- ↑ "Official languages of Srilanka". State department, US. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- ↑ "Official languages and national language". Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. Government of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ↑ Numbers in Million-Speaker Languages
- ↑ Days of the week in Tamil