Countries
India
  
Burma
  
National Language
India
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Not available
  
Bye
Barpe
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Not Available
  
rundi
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
14
  
1500
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Tulu and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Kirundi language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Tulu vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.