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Arabic vs Tulu


Tulu vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
28   
18
35   
25

Scripts
Arabic   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Namaskara   

Thank You
شكرا   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
yedde kaande   

Please
من فضلك   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
آسف   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
وداعا   
Barpe   

I Love You
أحبك   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
arabe   
Not Available   

German Name
Arabisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
512 CE   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Tulu   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ara   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Arabic and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Tulu language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Tulu Language History.

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Arabic 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 Arabic and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Tulu language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Tulu Difficulty

The Arabic vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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