Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- 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
Assamese and Oriya
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Namaskara
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
yedde kaande
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Barpe
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
bengali
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German Name
Bengali
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Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Tuluva
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ben
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ISO 639 2/B
ben
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
beng1280
tulu1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Bengali 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 Bengali and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Tulu language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Tulu Difficulty
The Bengali vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.