Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Barpe
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Tulu
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
Not Available
  
oriya
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Odias
  
Origin
14
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tulu and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Oriya language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Oriya Difficulty
The Tulu vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.