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Tulu vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
19  
9

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Barpe  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Jain  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Tulu  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
-  
rundi  

German Name
Tulu  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
14  
1500  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Kirundi  

Language Position
23  
21
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
run  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
run  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
run  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
rund1242  

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 Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Kirundi language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. 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 Kirundi Language History.

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

Tulu vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Tulu vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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