Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India
  
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
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Kannada Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Amharic and Tulu 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 Amharic and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Tulu language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Tulu Difficulty
The Amharic vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Tulu 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 Amharic and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.