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Burmese and Tulu


Tulu and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
India   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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
Thai Language   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
16   
13

How Many Consonants
33   
23
35   
25

Scripts
Tangut   
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Namaskara   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
yedde kaande   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Barpe   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
birman   
Not Available   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
14   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Tulu   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mya   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Tulu Speaking population

Burmese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Tulu on Burmese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Tulu Language Codes

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

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