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Tulu vs Amharic


Amharic vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
7  
4

How Many Consonants
35  
25
31  
21

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Ethiopic  

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  
Selam  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Daya maltadu  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
aznallehu  

Bye
Barpe  
tschao  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Jain  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
-  
amharique  

German Name
Tulu  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Amharas  

History

Origin
14  
13th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Amharic  

Language Position
23  
21
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
amh  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
amh  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
amh  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Tulu and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Amharic language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Amharic Language History.

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Tulu and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Amharic language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Amharic Difficulty

The Tulu vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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