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Croatian and Tamil


Tamil and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
6   
9

National Language
Austria   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Tamil   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
hvala   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
kako si   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
molim   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

I Love You
Volim te   
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Kongu   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
hrvatski   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
croate   
tamoul   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
9th century   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
23   
19
18   
16

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
tam   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
croa1245   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Tamil Speaking population

Croatian and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Tamil on Croatian vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Tamil Language Codes

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

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