Countries
Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
466
0
46
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National Language
Spain
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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
French Language
Malayalam
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
27247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2218
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
hola
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Gracias
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Por Favor
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
triste
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
adiós
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Te Quiero
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Kongu
Where They Speak
Mexico
Kongu
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Cuba
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
6.15 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
410.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Español
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
espagnol; castillan
tamoul
German Name
Spanisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Spanish people
Tamil people or Tamilans
History
Origin
210 BC
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Modern Tamil
Language Position
218
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
es
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
spa
tam
ISO 639 2/B
spa
tam
ISO 639 3
spa
tam
ISO 639 6
spa
tam
Glottocode
stan1288
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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