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Tulu vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
30  
20

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Daya maltadu  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Barpe  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
-  
dzongkha  

German Name
Tulu  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
dzo  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tulu and Dzongkha Language History

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

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

Tulu vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Tulu vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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