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Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

64
0 46
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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

-
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1210
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Tamil
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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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

77,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madurai Tamil
Olonets

Where They Speak

Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Olonets

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00154,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tirunelveli Tamil
Novgorod

Where They Speak

South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Novgorod

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.00154,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1013
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million276.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.06 %2.33 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

70.00 million166.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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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

-
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Modern Tamil
Standard Russian

Language Position

187
1 120
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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
rus

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

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Tamil and Russian Alphabets

Tamil and Russian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tamil and Russian. In Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters while in Russian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Tamil and Russian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tamil and Russian languages. The Tamil phonology consist Tamil vowels and Tamil consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tamil greetings vs Russian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tamil and Russian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Tamil and Russian 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 Tamil and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Tamil and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tamil are spoken in different Tamil Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tamil vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tamil dialects include: Kongu, Madurai Tamil. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Tamil and Russian Speaking population

Tamil and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tamil and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Tamil and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Tamil and Russian on Tamil vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tamil and Russian Language Codes

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