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Countries

Countries
India  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
India  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
35  
25
19  
9

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Olá  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
boa noite  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
bom Dia  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
pesaroso  

Bye
Barpe  
tchau  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Jain  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Tulu  
Português  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Português  

French Name
Not Available  
portugais  

German Name
Not Available  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
14  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
por  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Tulu and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Portuguese language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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Tulu and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Portuguese language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Tulu vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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