Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Barpe
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Tulu
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
Not Available
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
14
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Tulu and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Punjabi language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Tulu vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.