Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Tulu
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
Not Available
  
maithili
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Maithil
  
Origin
14
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Tulu and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Maithili language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Maithili Difficulty
The Tulu vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.