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Tulu vs Japanese


Japanese vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
14  
4

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Tulu and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Japanese language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Japanese Language History.

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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.

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