Countries
India
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
India
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
ND
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
ND
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
ND
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
ND
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
ND
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
ND
  
Bye
Barpe
  
ND
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
Not Available
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
14
  
14
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Tulu and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Khmer language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Khmer Difficulty
The Tulu vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.