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Tulu vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
China, Guangdong  

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  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
20  
10

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
您好  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
晚安  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
下午好  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
早上好  

Please
Daya maltadu  
请  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
遗憾  

Bye
Barpe  
再见  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Jain  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Tulu  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
-  
cantonais  

German Name
Tulu  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
14  
17th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
yue  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
yue  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tulu and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Cantonese language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese Language History.

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

Tulu vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Tulu vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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