Countries
Fiji, India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
hindi
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
7th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Tulu language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Tulu Difficulty
The Hindi vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.