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Tulu vs Maithili


Maithili vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
51  
30
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
Not Available  

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.41 %  
33

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  

History

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  
40  
31

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Tulu and Maithili Language History

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

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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.

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