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Amharic vs Tulu


Tulu vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
31  
21
35  
25

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Namaskara  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
yedde kaande  

Please
i'bakwon  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
tschao  
Barpe  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
amharique  
-  

German Name
Amharisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
13th century  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Tulu  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
tul  

ISO 639 3
amh  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
amh  
tcy  

Glottocode
amha1245  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Amharic and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Tulu language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Amharic and Tulu Language History.

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

Amharic vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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