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Burmese vs Tulu


Tulu vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
35  
25

Scripts
Tangut  
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Namaskara  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
yedde kaande  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Barpe  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Tamil Nadu  

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
birman  
-  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Tulu  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
tul  

ISO 639 3
mya  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
mya  
tcy  

Glottocode
sout3159  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Tulu language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD 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 Burmese and Tulu Language History.

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

Burmese vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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