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
  
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 in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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