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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Native Name
Русский
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Russki
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
German Name
Russisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Tamil people or Tamilans
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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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 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
russ1263
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
tami1289
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.