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Romanian vs Tamil


Tamil vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
6  
9

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Malayalam  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
247  
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  

Thank You
multumesc  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  

Please
Vă Rog  
தயவு (Tayavu)  

Sorry
scuze  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  

Bye
La revedere  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Kongu  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Kongu  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Madurai Tamil  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Tirunelveli Tamil  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.06 %  
19

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
70.00 million  
15

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
8.00 million  
24

Native Name
Română  
தமிழ்  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
tamoul  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Tamil  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Tamil people or Tamilans  

History

Origin
1521  
300 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
36  
28
18  
16

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
ta  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
tam  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
tam  

ISO 639 3
ron  
tam  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
tam  

Glottocode
roma1327  
tami1289, oldt1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
tami1289  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Romanian and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Tamil language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Tamil Language History.

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

Romanian vs Tamil Difficulty

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

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