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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
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
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German 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 German and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Tamil language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common German Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Tamil Difficulty
The German vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.
