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Nepali vs Tulu


Tulu vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
36  
26
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Namaskara  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
yedde kaande  

Please
कृपया  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Barpe  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Jain  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
népalais  
-  

German Name
Nepali  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
19 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Tulu  

Language Position
59  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
tul  

ISO 639 3
npi  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
nep  
tcy  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Nepali and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Tulu language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Tulu Language History.

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

Nepali vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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