Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
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.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.