Countries
India
  
Japan
  
National Language
India
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Barpe
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Tulu
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Not Available
  
japonais
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
14
  
1185
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Tulu and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Japanese language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Japanese Difficulty
The Tulu vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.