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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  
-  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
77,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Madurai Tamil  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
8

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  
28
77,000,000.00  
7

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 %  
20

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
70.00 million  
15

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

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
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
23  
21
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
hrv  
tam  

Glottocode
croa1245  
tami1289, oldt1248  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
tami1289  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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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