Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Daya maltadu
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Girijan
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
Not Available
marathe
German Name
Not Available
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Marathi people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Tulu
Marathi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mr
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mar
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
mar
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Tulu and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Marathi language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Marathi Difficulty
The Tulu vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.