How related are the Tamil language and the Japanese language?

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Japanese and Tamil share a nearly identical set of vowels (a, i, u, e, o). All of these vowels have both a short and long form. Furthermore, both Tamil and Japanese have two different nasal 'n' sounds, one of which never ends a word and one of which never begins a word
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Well most of the words are similar Thamizh : Enna (what ? ) Japanese : Naan Thamizh : Iru ( be there) Japanese : Iru ( be there) Tamizh : Kathavu - Gate Japanese : Kadho - Gate Tamizh: Yaar - who Japanese : Daare - who Tamizh : Kaaram - hot Japanese : Karai - hot and also some sentences example...
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Well most of the words are similar Thamizh : Enna (what ? ) Japanese : Naan Thamizh : Iru ( be there) Japanese : Iru ( be there) Tamizh : Kathavu - Gate Japanese : Kadho - Gate Tamizh: Yaar - who Japanese : Daare - who Tamizh : Kaaram - hot Japanese : Karai - hot and also some sentences example Tamizh : yaaru me illai Japanese : Daare mo inai read less
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They are not closely related. Both are different.
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