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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.
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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  

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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.

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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.

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