Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
croa1245
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Croatian 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 Croatian and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Tamil language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Tamil Difficulty
The Croatian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.