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Tamil vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
6  
9

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Malayalam  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
247  
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  

Thank You
grazie  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  

Please
Per Favore  
தயவு (Tayavu)  

Sorry
scusate  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  

Bye
arrivederci  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Kongu  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Kongu  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Madurai Tamil  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Tirunelveli Tamil  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
1.06 %  
19

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
70.00 million  
15

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
8.00 million  
24

Native Name
Italiano  
தமிழ்  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  

French Name
italien  
tamoul  

German Name
Italienisch  
Tamil  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Tamil people or Tamilans  

History

Origin
960 BC  
300 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
27  
23
18  
16

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ta  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
tam  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
tam  

ISO 639 3
ita  
tam  

ISO 639 6
itas  
tam  

Glottocode
ital1282  
tami1289, oldt1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
tami1289  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Italian and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Tamil language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Tamil Language History.

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

Italian vs Tamil Difficulty

The Italian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.

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