What are the similarities between Tamil and Arabic languages?

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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida...
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti - Grandmother It is not without reason that they are classified into the language families that they are. The only possible similarity is that a diglossia tends to exist among educated Arabs - they know their own Arabic language and Fus-ha. Similarly among Tamils, they are taught Chen Tamil, so they know that besides the spoken standard and non standard variants. read less
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti...
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti - Grandmother It is not without reason that they are classified into the language families that they are. The only possible similarity is that a diglossia tends to exist among educated Arabs - they know their own Arabic language and Fus-ha. Similarly among Tamils, they are taught Chen Tamil, so they know that besides the spoken standard and non standard variants. read less
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti...
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti - Grandmother It is not without reason that they are classified into the language families that they are. The only possible similarity is that a diglossia tends to exist among educated Arabs - they know their own Arabic language and Fus-ha. Similarly among Tamils, they are taught Chen Tamil, so they know that besides the spoken standard and non standard variants. read less
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My teaching experience 10 years

None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti...
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None. I am a student of both. A near native speaker of one and an admirer of another. Anyway unless you take some similarities and get carried away : Ab (أب)- Abban/Appan - Father ’Um (أم) - Amma - Mother Ukh (أخ) - Annan - Brother Ukht (أخت) - Akka - Sister (Elder in Tamil) Jida (جدة) - Paatti - Grandmother It is not without reason that they are classified into the language families that they are. The only possible similarity is that a diglossia tends to exist among educated Arabs - they know their own Arabic language and Fus-ha. Similarly among Tamils, they are taught Chen Tamil, so they know that besides the spoken standard and non standard variants. read less
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