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Oromo vs Tulu


Tulu vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • 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
Somali Language   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Namaskara   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
yedde kaande   

Please
Maaloo   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Barpe   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
1.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
galla   
Not Available   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
16   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Tulu   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
orm   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
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   

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Oromo and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Tulu language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 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 Oromo and Tulu Language History.

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

Oromo vs Tulu Difficulty

The Oromo vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo 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 Oromo and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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