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Tulu and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
11  
8

How Many Consonants
35  
25
34  
24

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Barpe  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
380,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
India  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.43 %  
33

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Tulu  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
-  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Tulu  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Bhojpuri speakers  

History

Origin
14  
19th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
23  
21
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Bhojpuri Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
bho  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
bho  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
bho  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Tulu and Bhojpuri 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 Tulu and Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tulu and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Tulu and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Tulu and Bhojpuri on Tulu vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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