Countries
India
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Tulu
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
Not Available
  
allemand
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Germans
  
Origin
14
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Tulu and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and German language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs German Difficulty
The Tulu vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.