Chinese and Tamil Speaking countries

Chinese

Tamil

Tamil and Chinese Speaking Countries

Countries

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan

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

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

China, Taiwan

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Republic of Brazil

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Indonesia, Malaysia

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

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

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Malayalam

Derived From

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Chinese and Tamil as Minority Language

In Chinese and Tamil speaking countries you will get the countries which have Chinese and Tamil as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.
Tamil as minority language: Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles.

If you want to compare Chinese and Tamil dialects, then you can go to Chinese vs Tamil Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Chinese and Tamil Regulators

Chinese and Tamil speaking countries provide you Chinese and Tamil regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Tamil is regulated by Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University. Also get to learn, Chinese and Tamil Language History.

Chinese and Tamil Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Tamil continents in which Chinese and Tamil speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Tamil. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Tamil speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Chinese and Tamil languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

Tamil Interesting Facts:

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.

The Chinese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Chinese language is similar to Malayalam and derived from Not Available.