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Croatian vs Tamil


Tamil vs Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
6  
9

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
247  
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Tamil  

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  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Kongu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Kongu  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
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  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
1.06 %  
19

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  

History

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  

Language Position
23  
19
18  
16

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Croatian and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Tamil language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Tamil language states that this language originated in 300 BC. 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 Croatian and Tamil Language History.

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

Croatian vs Tamil Difficulty

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

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