Tamil and Chinese Speaking countries

Tamil

Chinese

Chinese and Tamil Speaking Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

China, Taiwan

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Indonesia, Malaysia

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council

Interesting Facts

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.

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

Similar To

Malayalam

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Derived From

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Tamil and Chinese as Minority Language

In Tamil and Chinese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Tamil and Chinese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Tamil as minority language: Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles.
Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.

If you want to compare Tamil and Chinese dialects, then you can go to Tamil vs Chinese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Tamil and Chinese Regulators

Tamil and Chinese speaking countries provide you Tamil and Chinese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University regulates Tamil language.Chinese is regulated by Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council. Also get to learn, Tamil and Chinese Language History.

Tamil and Chinese Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Chinese continents in which Tamil and Chinese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Chinese. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in Asia. While Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Tamil and Chinese languages:

Tamil Interesting Facts:

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.

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

The Tamil language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Malayalam whereas Tamil language is similar to Not Available and derived from Not Available.