Countries
India
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
India
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
Not Available
  
arménien
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Armenians
  
Origin
14
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic