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Tamil vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
6   
9

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.
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Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
9   
1
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Tamil   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Texas   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.06 %   
19

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   

History

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   

Language Position
9   
9
18   
16

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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German and Tamil Language History

Comparison of German vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of German and Tamil language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Tamil Language History.

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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.

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