Countries
India
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
India
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Barpe
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Tulu
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
Not Available
  
pachto
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
14
  
1651
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Tulu and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Pashto language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Pashto Difficulty
The Tulu vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.