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Tulu vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
35   
25
29   
19

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Silaw   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Bibûre   

Bye
Barpe   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Jain   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Tulu   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
Not Available   
kurde   

German Name
Not Available   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Kurds   

History

Origin
14   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kur   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

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 Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Kurdish language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Tulu vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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