Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Malayalam
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tamoul
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
300 BC
  
1561
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic