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Thai vs Tulu


Tulu vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
  • 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
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
16   
13

How Many Consonants
44   
33
35   
25

Scripts
Thai   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Namaskara   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
yedde kaande   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Barpe   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
thaï   
Not Available   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
14   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Tulu   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
tha   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
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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Thai and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Tulu language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE 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 Thai and Tulu Language History.

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

Thai vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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