Countries
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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 in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.