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Tulu
Tulu

Lao
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Countries

Countries

India
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

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
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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Kannada Language
Thai Language

Derived From

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1628
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3527
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Namaskara
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Mast Upakara.
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Yencha Ullar?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

yedde rathre
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

yedde baiyya
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

yedde madhyana
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

yedde kaande
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Daya maltadu
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Yenna thapu aandu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Barpe
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Kshamisi
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brahmin tulu
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jain
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Girijan
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Laos

How Many People Speak

2.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Tulu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

-
lao

German Name

Tulu
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtulu]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Tuluva
Lao people

History

Origin

14
1283 CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Tulu
Lao

Language Position

2343
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tulu
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tcy
lao

ISO 639 2/B

tul
lao

ISO 639 3

tcy
lao

ISO 639 6

tcy
lao

Glottocode

tulu1258
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Tulu and Lao Alphabets

Tulu and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tulu and Lao. In Tulu Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Tulu and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tulu and Lao languages. The Tulu phonology consist Tulu vowels and Tulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tulu greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tulu and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tulu and Lao Speaking population

Tulu and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Tulu vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Lao Language Codes

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