National Language
India
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kannada Script
Tangut
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Daya maltadu
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Barpe
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
Not Available
birman
German Name
Not Available
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Bamar people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Tulu
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mya
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
bur
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Tulu and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Burmese language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Burmese Difficulty
The Tulu vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.