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Tulu and Burmese


Burmese and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
33  
23

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Barpe  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

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

Dialect 2
Jain  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
-  
birman  

German Name
Tulu  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
14  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
bur  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
mya  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
mya  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Tulu and Burmese Speaking population

Tulu and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Tulu vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Burmese Language Codes

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

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