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Khmer vs Tulu


Tulu vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • 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
Lao Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
35  
25

Scripts
Khmer  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Namaskara  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
ND  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
ND  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
ND  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
ND  
yedde kaande  

Please
ND  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
ND  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
ND  
Barpe  

I Love You
ND  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
ND  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
khmer central  
Not Available  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
14  
14  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Tulu  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
khm  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Khmer and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Tulu language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Tulu Language History.

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Khmer 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 Khmer and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Tulu language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Tulu Difficulty

The Khmer vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer 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 Khmer and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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