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Tulu vs Burmese


Burmese vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
33  
23

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Tangut  

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  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Barpe  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

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

Dialect 2
Jain  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
-  
birman  

German Name
Tulu  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
14  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
bur  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
mya  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
mya  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Tulu and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Burmese language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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

Tulu vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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