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Tulu and Bengali


Bengali and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
India   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
11   
8

How Many Consonants
35   
25
40   
29

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Daya maltadu   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Barpe   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Jain   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Tulu   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
Not Available   
bengali   

German Name
Not Available   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
14   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ben   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

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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All Tulu and Bengali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tulu and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tulu and Bengali Speaking population

Tulu and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tulu and Bengali on Tulu vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Bengali Language Codes

Tulu and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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