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Tamil vs Croatian


Croatian vs Tamil


Countries

Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
9  
7

National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  
Austria  

Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malayalam  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
247  
99+
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
25  
15

Scripts
Tamil  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  
bok  

Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  
hvala  

How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  
kako si  

Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  
dobro jutro  

Please
தயவு (Tayavu)  
molim  

Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  
Oprostite  

Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kongu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Kongu  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
10
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
8
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.06 %  
20
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
70.00 million  
15
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
தமிழ்  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  
Hrvatski  

French Name
tamoul  
croate  

German Name
Tamil  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans  
Croats  

History

Origin
300 BC  
9th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
18  
16
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ta  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tam  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
tam  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
tam  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
tam  
hrv  

Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
tami1289  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Tamil and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Tamil vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Tamil and Croatian language. History of Tamil language states that this language originated in 300 BC whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tamil and Croatian Language History.

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Tamil and Croatian 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 Tamil and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Croatian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tamil vs Croatian Difficulty

The Tamil vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Croatian 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 Tamil and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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