Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
National Language
China, Guangdong
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Malayalam
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
谢谢
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
你好吗？
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
晚安
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
晚上好
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
下午好
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
早上好
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Sorry
遗憾
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
再见
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
我爱你
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
原谅我
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kongu
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Kongu
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
Not Available
tamoul
German Name
Not Available
Tamil
Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
17th century
300 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Tamil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ta
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
tam
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
tam
ISO 639 3
No data available
tam
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
cant1236
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Tamil language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Tamil Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.