Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
ourdou
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu and Tulu 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 Urdu and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Tulu language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Tulu Difficulty
The Urdu vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Tulu 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 Urdu and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.