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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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