Home
Languagevs


Spanish vs Tamil


Tamil vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
6   
9

National Language
Spain   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
Gracias   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
Por Favor   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
triste   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
adiós   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

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

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Kongu   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
Español   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
tamoul   

German Name
Spanisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
210 BC   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
2   
2
18   
16

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
tam   

ISO 639 3
spa   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
stan1288   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

Spanish and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Tamil language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Tamil Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Spanish vs Tamil Difficulty

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages