Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Malayalam
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1822
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
будь ласк
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Kongu
Podillian
Where They Speak
Kongu
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0042,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Volynian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0044,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Steppe
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0042,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1015
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.06 %0.46 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
70.00 million39.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
தமிழ்
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
tamoul
ukrainien
German Name
Tamil
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Ukrainians
Origin
300 BC
1561
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
1826
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ta
uk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tam
ukr
ISO 639 2/B
tam
ukr
ISO 639 3
tam
ukr
ISO 639 6
tam
ukr
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
ukra1253
Linguasphere
tami1289
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic