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Tulu vs Bengali


Bengali vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
51  
30
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
11  
8

How Many Consonants
35  
25
40  
29

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
India  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
19.00 million  
31

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)  

History

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
23  
21
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tulu and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Bengali language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Bengali Language History.

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Tulu and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Bengali language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Bengali Difficulty

The Tulu vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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