Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Ukraine
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Tamil
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
Volynian
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Rivne, Volyn
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
Steppe
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
தமிழ்
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
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French Name
tamoul
ukrainien
German Name
Tamil
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
Ukrainians
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
tam
Not Available
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
ukra1253
Linguasphere
tami1289
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Tamil and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Ukrainian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Tamil vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.