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 in
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Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mya
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
bur
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Burmese 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 Burmese and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Tulu language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Tulu Difficulty
The Burmese vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.