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Tulu vs Urdu


Urdu vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, 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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
40  
29

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Daya maltadu  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Barpe  
الوداع  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Jain  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
India  

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
Tulu  
اُردُو  

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

French Name
Not Available  
ourdou  

German Name
Not Available  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
Not Available  
20  
18

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
urd  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Tulu and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Urdu language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Tulu vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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