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Amharic and Tulu


Tulu and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
31   
21
35   
25

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Namaskara   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
yedde kaande   

Please
i'bakwon   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
tschao   
Barpe   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
amharique   
Not Available   

German Name
Amharisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
13th century   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Tulu   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
amh   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Amharic and Tulu 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 Amharic and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Tulu Speaking population

Amharic and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Amharic and Tulu on Amharic vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Tulu Language Codes

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

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