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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

greetings

Tamil translation:

Vanakkam

Added to glossary by Roomy Naqvy
Jun 12, 2001 17:21
25 yrs ago
English term

greetings

Non-PRO English to Tamil Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
greeting in a business letter from Canada to Sri Lanka - what language do they speak in Sri Lanka?
Proposed translations (Tamil)
0 Vanakkam
0 Saludos cordiales.
Change log

Apr 8, 2006 21:31: Fabio Descalzi changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Tamil" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Proposed translations

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Vanakkam

In Tamil, the word would be 'vanakkam'. I have no idea of Sinhala. but you can surely use english in Colombo. However, using a French greeting or a Spanmish may not make sense to them.

Best wishes
Roomy F Naqvy
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Saludos cordiales.

Sri Lanka: Southern Asia, island in the indian ocean,south of India.
Capital: Colombo.
Languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English.

Espero te sirve

xicla
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