Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5151
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3540
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Daya maltadu
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Barpe
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Chakma
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Hajong
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
India
How Many People Speak
2.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
-
bengali
German Name
Tulu
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
14
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Tulu
Bengali
Language Position
234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
ben
ISO 639 2/B
tul
ben
ISO 639 3
tcy
ben
ISO 639 6
tcy
ben
Glottocode
tulu1258
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-