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Tulu vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Tulu


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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