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Persian and Tulu


Tulu and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
35  
25

Scripts
Arabic  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Namaskara  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
yedde kaande  

Please
لطفا  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
متاسف  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Barpe  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
persan  
-  

German Name
Persisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Tulu  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
tul  

ISO 639 3
pes  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
pers  
tcy  

Glottocode
fars1254  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Persian and Tulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Tulu Speaking population

Persian and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Tulu on Persian vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Tulu Language Codes

Persian and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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