Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.