Countries
India
India, No official status
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Daya maltadu
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Barpe
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jain
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Girijan
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
Not Available
bhojpuri
German Name
Not Available
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Not Available
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Bhojpuri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
bho
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
bho
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Tulu and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Bhojpuri language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Tulu vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.