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Tulu and Kurdish


Kurdish and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
29  
19

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Silaw  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Bibûre  

Bye
Barpe  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Jain  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Tulu  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
-  
kurde  

German Name
Tulu  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Kurds  

History

Origin
14  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
kur  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
kur  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
kur  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Tulu and Kurdish Speaking population

Tulu and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Tulu vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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