Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
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
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
- 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.
  
Similar To
Malayalam
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
tamoul
  
serbe
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Serbs
  
Origin
300 BC
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tamil and Serbian 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 Tamil and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Serbian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Serbian Difficulty
The Tamil vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Serbian 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 Tamil and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.