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Tulu vs Konkani


Konkani vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
India   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
16   
13

How Many Consonants
35   
25
36   
26

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Not Available   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Chike   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Maf kor   

Bye
Barpe   
Adeus   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Tulu   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
Not Available   
konkani   

German Name
Not Available   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
14   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kok   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Tulu and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Konkani language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Tulu and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Konkani language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Konkani Difficulty

The Tulu vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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