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Bhojpuri and Tulu


Tulu and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

How Many Consonants
34  
24
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
Namaskara  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
yedde kaande  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
Barpe  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
India  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
bhojpuri  
-  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
19th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Tulu  

Language Position
37  
34
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
tul  

ISO 639 3
bho  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
bho  
tcy  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bhojpuri and Tulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bhojpuri and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Tulu Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Tulu on Bhojpuri vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Tulu Language Codes

Bhojpuri and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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