Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
India
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Barpe
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Tulu
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
Not Available
  
amharique
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Amharas
  
Origin
14
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
tulu1258
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
Tulu and Amharic 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 Tulu and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Amharic language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Amharic Difficulty
The Tulu vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Amharic 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 Tulu and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.