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Tulu vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
9  
1
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Danke  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
yedde kaande  

Please
bitte  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Tschüs  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
allemand  
-  

German Name
Deutsch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Tulu  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
tul  

ISO 639 3
deu  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
deus  
tcy  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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German and Tulu Language History

Comparison of German vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of German and Tulu language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 German and Tulu Language History.

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

German vs Tulu Difficulty

The German vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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