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Tulu vs Arabic


Arabic vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
28  
18

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
صباح الخير  

Please
Daya maltadu  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
آسف  

Bye
Barpe  
وداعا  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

Dialect 2
Jain  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Tulu  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
Not Available  
arabe  

German Name
Not Available  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Arabs  

History

Origin
14  
512 CE  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
ara  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Tulu and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Arabic language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Tulu and Arabic Language History.

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Tulu and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Arabic language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Arabic Difficulty

The Tulu vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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