Countries
Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
6
9
4
11
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
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
247
99+
33
15
Phonology
How Many Vowels
12
9
10
7
How Many Consonants
18
8
21
11
Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
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)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kongu
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
30,000.00
99+
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
Total No. Of Dialects
10
10
13
13
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
21
276.00 million
6
Speaking Population
1.06 %
19
2.33 %
9
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
History
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
Language Position
18
16
7
7
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
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
