Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
- 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
Konkani Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Namaskara
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
yedde kaande
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Kokan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
marathe
Not Available
German Name
Marathi
Not Available
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Tuluva
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mar
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mar
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
tulu1258
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Marathi 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 Marathi and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Tulu language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Tulu Difficulty
The Marathi vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.