Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
16th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
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
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Tulu language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Tulu Difficulty
The Filipino vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.