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Serbian and Tamil


Tamil and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Tamil   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Kongu   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
serbe   
tamoul   

German Name
Serbisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
11th Century   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
44   
33
18   
16

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
tam   

ISO 639 3
srp   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
serb1264   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Serbian and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Tamil Speaking population

Serbian and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Tamil on Serbian vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Tamil Language Codes

Serbian and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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