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Tulu vs Nepali


Nepali vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
36  
26

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
कृपया  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Barpe  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
-  
népalais  

German Name
Tulu  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
14  
19 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Nepali  

Language Position
23  
21
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
nep  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
npi  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
nep  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Tulu and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Nepali language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Tulu vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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