Countries
Bhutan
  
India
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- 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
Sikkimese Language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Not Available
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
17th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Tulu language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Tulu Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.