Tamil and Portuguese Speaking countries

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

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Asia

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

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

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.

Malayalam

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

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Tamil vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Tamil vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Tamil and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Tamil is official language is whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is

Find if Tamil and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Tamil and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Tamil and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Tamil vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Tamil vs Portuguese.

Tamil and Portuguese as Minority Language

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

Tamil as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

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

Tamil and Portuguese Regulators

Tamil and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Tamil and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Tamil language.Portuguese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Tamil vs Portuguese.

Tamil and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Portuguese continents in which Tamil and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Portuguese. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in . While Portuguese speaking countries lie in . 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 Portuguese languages:

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Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The Tamil language was derived from and is similar to whereas Tamil language is similar to and derived from .