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
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Montenegrin
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
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 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
serb1264
Linguasphere
tami1289
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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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.
