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Nepali vs Tulu


Tulu vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
35   
25

Scripts
Devanagari   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Namaskara   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
yedde kaande   

Please
कृपया   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Barpe   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Jain   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
népalais   
Not Available   

German Name
Nepali   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
19 BC   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Tulu   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
npi   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Tulu language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Tulu Language History.

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

Nepali vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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