Countries
India
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jain
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Girijan
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Tulu
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
por
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.