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Oromo vs Tulu


Tulu vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • 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
Somali Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
24  
14
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
yedde kaande  

Please
Maaloo  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Barpe  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Tamil Nadu  

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

Dialect 2
Orma  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
galla  
-  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
16  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Tulu  

Language Position
91  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
tul  

ISO 639 3
orm  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
orm  
tcy  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Oromo and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Tulu language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 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 Oromo and Tulu Language History.

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

Oromo vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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