Countries
India
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Tulu and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Bengali language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Bengali Difficulty
The Tulu vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.