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Konkani vs Tulu


Tulu vs Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
35   
25

Scripts
Devanagari   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Namaskara   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
yedde kaande   

Please
Chike   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
Adeus   
Barpe   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
1.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
konkani   
Not Available   

German Name
Konkani   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Tulu   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
kok   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Konkani and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Konkani vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Konkani and Tulu language. History of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D. 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 Konkani and Tulu Language History.

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

Konkani vs Tulu Difficulty

The Konkani vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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