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Tulu vs Oromo


Oromo vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Somalia  

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
24  
14

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
akkam  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Barpe  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Tulu  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
-  
galla  

German Name
Tulu  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Oromos  

History

Origin
14  
16  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
23  
21
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
orm  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
orm  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
orm  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nucl1736  

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 Oromo Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Oromo language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Oromo Language History.

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

Tulu vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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