Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Germany
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Malayalam
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
hallo
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Danke
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
guten Tag
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
guten Morgen
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
bitte
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Verzeihung
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
Tschüs
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Kongu
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Kongu
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Texas German
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
tamoul
allemand
German Name
Tamil
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Germans
Origin
300 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
tami1289
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Tamil and German 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 Tamil and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and German language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs German Difficulty
The Tamil vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and German 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 Tamil and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.