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Tulu and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
30  
20

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Daya maltadu  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Barpe  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
-  
dzongkha  

German Name
Tulu  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
dzo  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Tulu and Dzongkha Speaking population

Tulu and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Tulu vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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