Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
  
Similar To
Malayalam
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Olonets
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
276.00 million
  
6
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Russki
  
French Name
tamoul
  
russe
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Russians
  
Origin
300 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Standard Russian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic