Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Germany
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-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
hallo
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
bitte
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Deutsch
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
allemand
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Modern Tamil
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
tam
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available