Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
Молим (Molim)
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kongu
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Kongu
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Serbia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
German Name
Serbisch
Tamil
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
11th Century
300 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
serb1264
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian 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 Serbian and Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Tamil language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Tamil Difficulty
The Serbian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.
