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
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
8.00 million
  
24
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
hr
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available