Arabic vs Tamil | World Languages Comparison

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There are 16 differences and 1 similarities between Arabic, Tamil

Language Family and Writing System
Writing System
Arabic	Tamil
Script(s) Used
(al Arabiya)	(tamil )
Family
Afro-asiatic	Dravidian
Subgroup
Semitic	Southern
3 Letter Code
Ara	Tam

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
215 million	63.1 million
Native Speakers as % of World
4.7 %	1.4 %
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
452 million	68 million
Total Speakers as % of World
5.9 %	0.9 %
Language Systems
Noun declensions
Three Cases	Many Cases
Sequence
Vso	Sov
Tonal
No	No
Agglutinative language
No	Yes
Geographic Distribution
Official language in
Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea India Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen	Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea India Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen
Official Language of United Nations
Yes	No
Countries Spoken In
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Niger, Mali, Senegal	Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa
No. of Countries Spoken In
30	6

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