Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Kongu
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Native Name
தமிழ்
Русский
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Russki
German Name
Tamil
Russisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Russians
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
russ1263
Linguasphere
tami1289
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Tamil and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Russian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Russian Difficulty
The Tamil vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.