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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Russia  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Malayalam  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
247  
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Tamil  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
தயவு (Tayavu)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Kongu  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Kongu  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Madurai Tamil  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Tirunelveli Tamil  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
1.06 %  
19

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
70.00 million  
15

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
8.00 million  
24

Native Name
Русский  
தமிழ்  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili  

French Name
russe  
tamoul  

German Name
Russisch  
Tamil  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Tamil people or Tamilans  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
300 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
7  
7
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ta  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
tam  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
tam  

ISO 639 3
rus  
tam  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
tam  

Glottocode
russ1263  
tami1289, oldt1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
tami1289  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Russian and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Tamil language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Tamil Language History.

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Russian 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 Russian and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Tamil language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Tamil Difficulty

The Russian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.

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