Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
National Language
Portugal
India
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Como você está?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
boa noite
yedde rathre
Good Evening
boa Noite
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
bom Dia
yedde kaande
Please
Por Favor
Daya maltadu
Sorry
pesaroso
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
Eu te amo
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Brazil
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Jain
Where They Speak
Portugal
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Girijan
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Tulu
Alternative Names
Português
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
portugais
Not Available
German Name
Portugiesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Tuluva
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
por
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
por
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
tulu1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Tulu language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Tulu Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.