Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
96
0
46
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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
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
30247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2518
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Kongu
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kongu
How Many People Speak
660,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Croatia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
7910
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
89.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
89.00 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.60 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
2318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
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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