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Tamil vs Russian


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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