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Thai vs Tulu


Tulu vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
  • 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
Lao Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
16  
13

How Many Consonants
44  
33
35  
25

Scripts
Thai  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Namaskara  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
yedde kaande  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Barpe  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
thaï  
-  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
14  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Tulu  

Language Position
47  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
tul  

ISO 639 3
tha  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
tha  
tcy  

Glottocode
thai1261  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Thai and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Tulu language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE 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 Thai and Tulu Language History.

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

Thai vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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