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Cantonese vs Tulu


Tulu vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
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Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
20  
10
35  
25

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Namaskara  

Thank You
谢谢  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
晚安  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
晚上好  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
早上好  
yedde kaande  

Please
请  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
遗憾  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
再见  
Barpe  

I Love You
我爱你  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
13
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
11
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
70,000,000.00  
10
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
71.00 million  
15
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
cantonais  
-  

German Name
Kantonesisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Han Chinese  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
17th century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Tulu  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yue  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
yue  
tul  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
yue  
tcy  

Glottocode
cant1236  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Cantonese and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Tulu language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Tulu Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Tulu Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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